In recent years, in the field of consumer behaviour, a large number of new models and instruments for preference …. Moreover, in this research field, based on stochastic utility theory and choice experiments, less weight is given to the socio …-economic and psychometric characteristics of the individual in determining preferences. By contrast, the second strand has given …

The following paper shows the work in progress in the frame of the specific support action Program “E-Trust”. A initial … qualitative study was carried out in order to find out evidences and opinions about the performance of e-commerce in the … adoption of e-commerce. In order to explore this topic, qualitative interviews were conducted. The results of this first stage …

in a previous paper presented at the 2nd International European Forum on Systems Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks … in 2008. This article takes the discussion further by looking at the key tools for supply chain environmental measurement …

This paper investigates the developments in the Dutch Agri-Food innovation system. Main components of the system are … agriculture and agribusiness, the promotion of interests in the lobby system and the knowledge system. Each has its own dynamics …

The object of the present article is to discuss Knowledge Management (KM) in the Agrifood Supply Chain (ASC). In the 21 …st century, the ASC is under strong tensions. This is evident in the drastic changes in the global scene. For example, in … the year 2008, food prices were high and unstable. In the last years, the importance of knowledge as a source of …

In 2007 five different industrial food producers merged to become one single firm. This paper places focus on the … challenge these actors had in deciding on, implementing, and using an information system to support mainly their raw material … to the human aspect of processes involved in these kinds of projects, and that further developments in methods and tools …

This paper will discuss the ongoing research in area of conceptualization, design of collaborative working environments …. Tracking and tracing, agreements on quality policy, improvements in logistics, dissemination of innovations, cooperation in … horizontal or vertical integration in information and communication activities. For these purposes adoption of collaborative …

fact that lay people lack the knowledge and technical understanding of experts. However, much published research on risk in … psychology and sociology runs counter to this ‘knowledge deficit’ model (Hansen et al., 2003). In many cases, at least, lay risk … assessments are not well explained as the product of ignorance, because they are in fact complex, situational sensitive …

with members in a way that retains their participation. Each of these conditions can be verified only if performance of the … been studied in the management literature, this paper considers from theoretic perspectives these issues and derives … framework that can be applied to both vertical and horizontal collaborations as found in supply chains and networks. The paper …