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The Metadistrict as the Territorial Strategy for Revitalizing the Rural Economy

Conto, Francesco; Fiore, Mariantonietta; La Sala, … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012

The purpose of this proposal is to explore a new concept of 'Metadistrict' to be applied in a region of Southern Italy – Apulia - in order to analyze the impact that the activation of a special network between different sector chains and several integrated projects may have for revitalizing...

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Lifting the Veil of Social Unrest about Food The Dynamics behind Transitions in Food Chains

Buurma, Jan; Hennen, Wil; van Mil, Eveline; Verwaart, Tim; … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012

This paper presents a novel approach to gain a deeper understanding of the forces driving sustainability transitions in food production and consumption. It follows a complex adaptive systems approach to study processes leading to sociotechnical innovations on a timescale of typically a decade....

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Value Sharing and Food System Dynamics for Milk, Tomato, and Cereals Food Chains

Bertazzoli, Aldo; Ghelfi, Rino; Rivaroli, Sergio; … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010

The aim of the paper is to analyse value sharing and food system dynamics of milk, tomato, and cereals food chains, so to explore the agro‐food enterprises capacity to be competitive and sustainable. The paper is based on the functionalist approach of Malassis and the notion of the system of...

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Collaboration and Sustainable Relationships: their Contribution to the Life Cycle Analysis in Agri-Food Supply Chains

Rota, Cosimo; Reynolds, Nikolai; Zanasi, Cesare - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012

The life cycle approach is widely used in the analysis of sustainability. Its application to supply chains is necessary since the product flows, from processing of raw materials to the final customer, are considered. The role of the organizational aspects, expressed in terms of relationships...

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Corporate Responsibility in the Food Chain: The Criteria and Indicators

Heikkurinen, Pasi; Jalkanen, Lotta; Jarvela, Katja; … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012

Corporate responsibility (CR) is becoming a key issue in the food chain. In order to make sense of this phenomenon, a seminal aper by Maloni and Brown (2006) called for further empirical investigation on the criteria of responsibility in the food supply chain. The purpose of this paper is to...

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What Can We Learn from Best Practices Regarding Food Chain Transparency?

Molnar, Adrienn; Van Lembergen, Katrien; Gellynck, Xavier; … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2011

This paper reports on food chain transparency. The research specifically aims to investigate best practices. Therefore, inductive research was conducted, starting with the identification of best practices. Further, underlying patterns were investigated to derive hypotheses and to develop a...

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Impact of Firm Characteristics on Expected and Actual Traceability Costs and Benefits in the Italian Fishery Supply Chain

Asioli, Daniele; Boecker, Andreas; Canavari, Maurizio - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010

Since 2005, the implementation of a traceability system is mandatory to all European food chain operators. The balance … of costs to build and maintain the traceability system and benefits of traceability depends on the firm's traceability …. Mora and Menozzi (2005) mention that the cost of traceability is lower when firms already have a QMS in place. Moreover, US …

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Effects of Traceability on the Italian Fresh Vegetables Market: A Demand System Simulation

Caracciolo, Francesco; Cembalo, Luigi - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010

Traceability can serve various purposes in the food sector, including that of chain quality control. However, the … aspects that seem to be most frequently required of traceability are those related to food safety. Nevertheless, traceability … support it: traceability systems do not guarantee, per se, quality. On the other hand, a rigorous traceability system that …

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Opportunities for Local for Local Food Production: A case in the Dutch Fruit and Vegetables

Visser, Jurriaan; Trienekens, Jacques; van Beek, Paul - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

food, purchasing volumes, food safety, communication to consumers and traceability of products. For consumers taste …

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US Consumers’ Perception of Local and Organic Food: An Analysis Based on Means-End Chain Analysis and Word Association

Haas, Rainer; Sterns, James; Meixner, Oliver - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

The market of local and organic food is still a niche market in the USA, despite its strong growth rates. Both offer consumers an alternative to a globalized anonymous food supply chain. Yet local food and organic food seem to be overlapping and to some degree competing food concepts. While the...

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