Purpose – The aim of this paper is to identify and analyze critical factors/elements influencing standards compliance and their level of influence in a developing country food industry, with specific reference to India. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 13 critical elements were...

In the frame of solution of grant project of the Ministry of Agriculture we assessed productive efficiency of Czech agriculture in the years 1981-1995. With relation to its ability to compete in the period before and after entry of Czech republic to EU. With the aim of analysis of interior...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated model, in order to identify and classify, key criteria, and to study their role in the selection process of third party logistics (3PLs) services providers for shippers' logistics need. Design/methodology/approach – In this...

An I/O model of U.S. is used to examine the effects of trade and domestic consumption on the separate and interactive effects of trade, technology, and labor productivity on the demand for skilled and unskilled workers for 1972, 1987, and 1993. The results suggest that trade has not been the...

An I/O model of U.S. is used to examine the effects of trade and domestic consumption on the separate and interactive effects of trade, technology, and labor productivity on the demand for skilled and unskilled workers for 1972, 1987, and 1993. The results suggest that trade has not been the...

Purpose – This paper seeks to sharpen the concepts of tacit, implicit and explicit knowledge by linking them to findings from cognitive psychology and memory science and thus finding a possibility for measuring non‐explicit knowledge. Design/methodology/approach – A review of KM and...

El estudio sistemático del modo en que se organizan las relaciones intersectoriales, jerarquías, asimetrías y posiciones relativas de los diferentes sectores productivos, constituye una fuente de información de gran interés. Con esta fi nalidad, la Teoría de Redes Sociales aporta una...

Several European countries adopted inflation targeting as a monetary policy strategy during the 1990s. This article evaluates the impact of the establishment of this policy framework on the dynamics of inflation for three countries: United Kingdom, Spain and Finland. While smaller shocks...