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Performance assessment of food value chains: A way to identifying the responses in terms of policy interventions

Schmitt, Emilia; Barjolle, Dominique; Cravero, Virginia; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

In the context of growing consumers’ awareness about the impact of food products on the environment, their health or on … indicators around five sustainability dimensions (economic, social, environmental, health and ethical). Scores of performance are … especially striking in the health and social dimensions. It was possible to identify that inputs procurement and the capability …

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Firms' strategies and voluntary traceability: an empirical analysis in Italian food chains

Stranieri, Stefanella; Banterle, Alessandro - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2006

In international food markets, voluntary traceability systems have increased their role in guaranteeing high safety and quality standards for the consumer. Such systems are also among the strategies firms employ to differentiate products and strengthen competitive advantage in both the national...

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Are Fruit Juice Categories Separable?

Knight, Erika P.; House, Lisa; Lee, Jonq-Ying; Spreen, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

Supermarket shelves are saturated with numerous varieties and brands of juice beverages. This high level of assortment has dramatically changed beverage consumption patterns and trends throughout the United States. In fact, during 2004-2005, energy and sport drinks experienced significant...

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Proactive Customers Integration as Drivers of an Integrated Food Chain

Sundmaeker, Harald - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

Competitiveness of European Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME) in the global marketplace is correlated to and determined by diverse factors. However, specifically SME’s ability to satisfy explicit and implicit customer requirements as well as to proactively integrate them as a driver of...

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Technology Transfer in the Irish Food Industry: Researcher Perspectives

Henchion, Maeve M.; Kelly, Debbie; O'Reilly, Paul - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

The public R&D system represents an important part of the framework conditions for carrying out innovation activities and creating commercially applicable knowledge (Drejer and Jørgensen, 2004). It is an important source of information for companies, particularly those that are developing new...

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Electronic Collaboration Platforms for Communities

Pankiewicz, Maciek; Fritz, Melanie; Schiefer, Gerhard - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

One of the critical success factors for the future development of the agri-food sector is the increased integration of enterprises and other stakeholders in horizontal and vertical ‘communities’. Tracking and tracing, agreements on quality policy, improvements in logistics, dissemination of...

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Chain Management: All about Success

Gagalyuk, Taras; Hanf, Jon Henrich - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

Nowadays food products are produced in vertically collaborating networks. The questions of how such chain networks have to be designed and which governance structure fits best have been addressed in several well known articles. However, questions dealing with chain strategy and management are...

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Innovation and Food System Sustainability: Public Concerns vs Private Interests

Sodano, Valeria - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

The food system negatively affects the environment, human health and the total well being of the society in many ways …

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New Product Development of a Yoghurt Dessert via E-Collaboration

Meixner, Oliver; Haas, Rainer - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

The following contribution describes how an E-collaboration platform may be used within new product development. In order to develop a new dairy product (a yoghurt dessert), a leading Austrian dairy co-operated with representatives from the Austrian University of Natural Resources and Applied...

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Hysterisis in Food Safety Investments

Richards, Timothy J.; Nganje, William E.; Acharya, Ram N. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

Concerns regarding the safety and integrity of the fresh produce supply chain are becoming all too common in the media. In 2006, an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 from farms in Central California sickened almost two hundred people and lead to the deaths of three. Estimated costs to the industry...

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