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UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF PRODUCE MARKETS: CONSUMPTION AND CONSOLIDATION GROW

Kaufman, Phillip R.; Handy, Charles R.; McLaughlin, … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2000

grocery store sales accounted for by the largest 4, 8, and 20 food retailers nationwide. Similar consolidation is occurring …

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Producers Export Company: The Beginnings Of Cooperative Grain Exporting

Reynolds, Bruce - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1980

Formation of the Producers Export Company (PEC) in 1958 was a first attempt by grain cooperatives to develop an export merchandising program. PEC's nationwide membership had different export needs and financial resources which imposed constraints on PEC's strategy and operations. A lack of...

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THE U.S. FOOD MARKETING SYSTEM, 2002: COMPETITION, COORDINATION, AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS INTO THE 21ST CENTURY

Harris, James Michael; Kaufman, Phillip R.; Martinez, … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2002

This report focuses on recent trends in the food supply chain. Chapters on food manufacturing, wholesaling, grocery retailing, and food service provide a detailed overview of structure, performance, information systems, new technology, and foreign direct investments. The report also contains a...

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Food Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Lead to Higher Labor Productivity

Ollinger, Michael; Nguyen, Sang V.; Blayney, Donald P.; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2006

Processing plants in eight major food industries were highly productive before being acquired and they significantly improved their labor productivity afterward, Economic Research Service and U.S. Census Bureau researchers found in their analysis of Census data. The plant-level data on...

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Commodity Payments, Farm Business Survival, and Farm Size Growth

Key, Nigel D.; Roberts, Michael J. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

In the last 25 years, U.S. crop farms have steadily declined in number and grown in average size, as production has shifted to larger operations. Larger farms tend to receive more commodity program payments because most payments are tied to a farm’s current or historical production, but...

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CONCENTRATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURAL INPUT INDUSTRIES

King, John L. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2001

Consolidation in the agricultural biotechnology industry can both enhance and dampen market competition. This report … examines the causes and consequences of industry consolidation and its effect on market efficiency. In some cases … industry, as well as the emergence of "life science" conglomerates, indicate some level of consolidation. However, the move by …

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CONSOLIDATION IN U.S. MEATPACKING

MacDonald, James M.; Ollinger, Michael; Nelson, Kenneth E. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2000

consolidation and to identify the roles of scale economies and technological change in driving consolidation. Through the 1970's …

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Structural Change in the Meat, Poultry, Dairy and Grain Processing Industries

Ollinger, Michael; Nguyen, Sang V.; Blayney, Donald P.; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2005

Consolidation and structural changes in the food industry have had profound impacts on firms, employees, and … technology. This report examines consolidation and structural change in meatpacking, meat processing, poultry slaughter and …

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Markets versus hierarchies : a political economy of Russia from the 10th century to 2008

Brancato, Ekaterina - 2009

This unique book uses a transaction cost perspective to illustrate how hierarchies influenced the structure of markets and behaviour of individual businesses and cartels in pre-revolutionary, Soviet and present-day Russia

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Innovation networks in industries

Malerba, Franco (contributor); … - 2009

Innovation networks in industries and sectoral systems: an introduction / Franco Malerba and Nicholas S. Vonortas -- Innovation networks in industry / Nicholas S. Vonortas -- The dynamics of networks and the evolution of industries: a survey of the empirical literature / Lorenzo Zirulia --...

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