In diesem Beitrag wird diskutiert, ob das Angebot von Nahrungsmitteln mit der Kennzeichnung "Ohne Gentechnik" wirtschaftlich nachhaltig ist. Zudem wird dem Leser ein Überblick gegeben zur Regulierung genetisch veränderter Organismen (GVO) in der EU und zur Entwicklung der Kennzeichnungen "Ohne...

Delineating the implementation details of the 2003 Cartagena Biosafety Protocol for living modified organisms involves weighing risks, costs, benefits, and politics - a difficult balancing act. Intrinsic market and technical complexities in the global agricultural commodity system raise the...

The EU has had the difficult task of creating new regulations for genetically modified food labeling while simultaneously developing its governing institutions. It is unclear that the resulting policies have produced substantial welfare gains for consumers. What is clear, instead, is that the...

We study knowledge flows between organizations through secondments, short-term employee assignments at an organization different from the home institution. Secondments allow the sending organization to capture knowledge and network resources from the receiving organization without an...

Why do biotech firms cluster? New and established firms in biotech clusters are said to capitalize on knowledge spillovers, labor-market pooling, and other externalities. Some have even argued that such spillovers are so strong that the cluster itself, rather than the individual, is the “locus...

Why do biotech firms cluster? New and established firms in biotech clusters are said to capitalize on knowledge spillovers, labor-market pooling, and other externalities. Some have even argued that such spillovers are so strong that the cluster itself, rather than the individual, is the locus of...

An optimization model to sequence wine flow through the production process is developed. The model is formulated as a mixed integer program and accounts for winemaking specifications, market conditions, grape availability, and tank capacity. An empirical example is provided to demonstrate...