A framework is provided which will facilitate continuing dialogue regarding needed research thrusts to enhance agribusiness competitiveness. Competitiveness research, at the individual firm level, focuses on increasing the differentia advantage of firms. Efforts to assist firms in anticipating...

A framework for examining the competitiveness of firms in the food and agribusiness sector based on the firm's view of the vertical production-marketing system is offered- Recent examples are used to illustrate the evolution of perspectives employed by firms in the sector away from the producer...

Agribusinesses are focusing increased attention on linkages between the US agricultural sector and international economic variables. Increased dependency by the agribusiness sector on exports, greater variability in interest rates, and greater variability in exchange rates are illustrative of...

“The distinctive competence of an organization is more than what it can do well; it is what it can do particularly well.” (K.R. Andrews<SUP>1</SUP>).

Per capita seafood consumption, which has been increasing was 15.5 lbs. in 1987 compared to 10.3 lbs. in 1980. This increase occurred during a period of increasing aquaculture production, especially catfish. Per capita catfish consumption increased from .24 lb. in 1983 to .58 lb. in 1988. A...

We study the heterogeneity in the preference structure of cooperative members. Using conjoint analysis the utility that members attach to intra-organizational and strategic attributes of their cooperative is elicited. Recognizing that members are not homogenous, a concomitant finite-mixture...

Producers have a wide variety of risk management instruments available, making their choice(s) complex. The way producers deal with this complexity can vary and may influence the impact that the determinants, such as risk aversion, have on their choices. A recently developed choice bracketing...