Background: The coffee industry is one of the most important world supply chains, with an estimated consumption of two billion cups daily, making it the most consumed beverage worldwide. Coffee beans are primarily grown in tropical countries, with Brazil accounting for almost 50% of the...

This paper analyzes the global value chains (GVC) of the coffee industry, particularly in the emerging economies of Vietnam, Colombia, and Brazil, which are the largest producers and exporters of unprocessed coffee in the world. However, value added or processed coffee exports are equally...

The research paper aims to provide a better understanding of the export dynamics and competitiveness of Indian Agricultural Commodities. The study analyses the export data of the last 35 years for APEDA products and the last 35 years of Tobacco exports, as well as the last 10 years of Spices,...

Over the past two decades, Rwanda has positioned itself as a leading producer of specialty coffee. The shift away from ordinary coffee began in the early 2000s and was buoyed by international donors, NGOs and the government. They all supported the nascent specialty coffee industry by providing a...

Businesses often engage in long-term relationships with firms and people they trust and know, in which they informally sell and exchange information and services (Baker, Gibbons, & Murphy, 2002). As postulated by Arrow (1972, p. 357), "virtually every commercial trans-action has within itself an...

This paper employs an input-output modelling approach to quantify the impact of decreases in coffee exports between 2019 and 2020 resulting from the implementation of various COVID-19 policies in Lao PDR. The analysis was undertaken at two levels in investigating the effects of these policies on...

As one of the most popular drinks in the world, coffee has limitations in its complex and opaque supply chain. Consumers have difficulty verifying coffee quality according to the price they pay. However, innovative technologies such as blockchain emerge with the potential to support the coffee...

Decades before the business world discovered the power of authentic staff engagement, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters cofounder Bob Stiller was busy creating a company with a mission to build an engaged workforce focused on innovation. In the end, Green Mountain became a place where people...

Coffee as being the world’s second most legally traded commodity after petroleum and it is consumed all over the world. Turkish Coffee is unique with the way coffee is made and served and has an important place in everyday culture of Turkish society. The transformation of the coffee culture of...

Chlortetracycline (CTC) is widely used in the livestock industry to promote animal growth and treat diseases. Effective actions should be taken to decrease the environmental risks associated with CTC-rich waste. Biochar produced by biomass waste shows great potential for organic contaminants...

1. Introduction -- 2. Sustainability in supply chains: main theories -- 3. The ‘hidden side’ of sustainability in supply chains -- 4. The state of the global coffee sector -- 5. Sustainability in the coffee sector: a literature review -- 6. The sustainable coffee supply chain: actors,...

Coffee is Ethiopia’s most important export commodity, cultivated by over 6 million smallholder farmers in the country, and accounting for about one-third of the country’s commodity exports. While coffee production has increased over the last decade, coffee yields are low and several...

The main purpose of the study is to determine the factors that lead to customer loyalty of homegrown coffee shops. This study was also conducted to investigate the relationship of marketing mix, customer expectation, customer experience, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty among homegrown...

Manuscript type: Research Article Research Aims: This research was conducted to examine the influence of green marketing and brand image to the repeat purchase of consumer of coffee shop in Bandung. Design/Methodology/Approach: Data were collected through online survey that targeted the consumer...

The study has been conducted to investigate students’ behavior in choosing a coffee shop around the University of Leeds campus and the factors which affect their decisions. The purpose of this study is to decide whether Starbucks should open a coffee shop on the Leeds University campus. This...

Placing coffee at the center of its analysis, this volume links East Germany's consumption and food culture to its relationship to the wider world. Andrew Kloiber reveals the ways that everyday cultural practices surrounding coffee drinking not only connected East Germans to a global system of...

The influence of altitude of coffee plant and soil pH and organic carbon on alkaloid contents of green coffee beans was evaluated. The alkaloids content of 54 green coffee beans samples collected from coffee plants in Sidama, Illubabor, Jimma, Wellega and Gedeo grown at different altitudes...

How does competition affect market outcomes when formal contracts are not enforceable, and parties resort to relational contracts? Difficulties with measuring relational contracts and dealing with the endogeneity of competition have frustrated attempts to answer this question. We make progress...

Fairtrade labeling has the potential to increase market efficiency by connecting farmers to altruistic consumers who are willing to pay a premium for sustainability-certified products. A requirement for increased efficiency, though, is that the farmers' benefits are larger than the Fairtrade...

One of the institutions involved in coffee value chain in Indonesia is the cooperative. We compare the experience of two cooperatives in exporting coffee beans. The Margamulya Coffee Producer Cooperative currently exports coffee beans directly and through an exporter, while the Mitra Malabar...

Numerous studies have identified that ethnocentric consumers prefer buying products produced nationally rather than products from overseas. Nevertheless, this study has been focused on big economies, that's why its application in developing countries is still scarce, especially if we want to...

The overarching aim of the study is to investigate the key factors that determine how and how intensively countries can be integrated into the coffee global value chain (GVC) and thus can better reap the globalization benefits. The empirical analysis shows how the international trade in coffee...

Gary and Renee Harris are a husband-and-wife team of entrepreneurs who are planning on opening a coffee shop in southwest Virginia. Gary has worked in food service and Renee has been a business manager for a small medical practice. They plan to rely on this experience and their passion for...