In recent years, the continuous structural change in the value chain of modern food production has been characterised by an increasing international division of labour among manufacturing companies. A regional specialisation of primary agricultural production is especially apparent in meat...

The rapid spread of biogas production in Germany has resulted in an increased public debate over this new business branch. Today the production of biogas is much more controversially debated than several years ago. At the same time it could be proven that even among farmers themselves the...

Abstract: Über Public Corporate Governance wird gegenwärtig heftig diskutiert. In zehn Beiträgen wird eine Bestandsaufnahme der Diskussion vorgenommen. Dabei zeigt sich, dass es zwar eine gemeinsame Sichtweise hinsichtlich der Bedeutung von Public Corporate Governance gibt, aber auch...

Der Beitrag gibt auf der Grundlage einer bilanzanalytischen Untersuchung die erfolgs-, finanz- und vermögenswirtschaftliche Lage deutscher und österreichischer Molkereigenossenschaften in den Jahren 2003-2005 anhand verschiedener Kennzahlen wieder. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass es erhebliche...

Purpose: Fungus-resistant grape varieties (FRGVs) are the key to more environment-friendly wine growing. This paper aims to examine whether German consumers are willing to buy environment-friendly wines. The study focuses on reducing the amount of fungicides applied and the improvement of the...

Across Europe, Germany is the most important country in the production and consumption of Christmas trees. Pricing is cyclically asserved and depends mainly on the number of mature trees and on the potential occurrence of calamities caused by hail and late frost in the early summer. Due to the...

The indication of country of origin on food products is of growing importance and offers potentials for product differentiation to, among others, cacao producers from countries in the developing and transition stages. In this study the importance of country-of-origin (CoO) effects on the quality...

Traceability and related concepts, such as trust and transparency have gained greatly in relevance in food supply chains. This study seeks to answer what exactly determines firms’ investments in traceability systems by developing and testing a theoretical framework using partial least squares...