Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of environmental scanning (ES) in the new product development (NPD) process among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Thai food processing industry. This study also shows that more extensive use of ES improves new product (NP)...

Bis heute sind die Entwicklungsprobleme Omans von dem traditionellen Dualismus der beiden Landesteile - Küstenregion und Inneroman - geprägt. Der Beitrag befaßt sich mit den ökonomischen Aspekten dieser Dichotomie und analysiert insbesondere die beiden unterschiedlichen Wirtschaftsstrukturen...

The paper shows that state intervention is achieving the exact opposite of the intended goals. Producers and consumers in Kordofan are worse off because of government policy. Furthermore, increased food production and increased foreign exchange earnings through cash crop export, also have...

The Middle East / North Africa (MENA) region faces serious food insecurity, with an increasing gap between food production and consumption. Using resource advantage theory from macromarketing, we demonstrate that the agriculture / agribusiness industry would be highly competitive with economic...