As changes in modern agribusiness markets have placed increasing emphasis to the study of structural change processes, this research advances an agent based model to examine transitions from a spot market exchange to a vertically coordinated arrangement in a supply chain system. This agent base...

Western China has many biodiversity, environmental resource, trade, rural finance, ecosystem and information technology challenges similar to both the Western U.S. and Europe. This paper provides examples of these similarities between Western China and the U.S.

Continued value creation is paramount for the survival of firms competing in today's high velocity global business environment. This paper presents a conceptual framework for understanding how firms can create and capture value within a highly volatile and uncertain business environment by...

This study attempts to summarize information on farm policies being used for seven major crops–corn, cotton, rice, sorghum, soybeans, sugar, and wheat–by a group of 21 countries representing both developing and developed nations. Overall, the study concludes that agriculture has a special...

This is an update of CERI-SR07-01, our report on international crop policies conducted in February of 2007. Since then, the landscape for agricultural products has undergone changes due to developments related to the use of ethanol and the recent economic recession. Also, in most of the world,...

Paper presented at 69th ICAC Meetings, Lubbock, TX, September 2010

This document contains the PowerPoint presentation given by the authors at the 2002 WCC-72 meetings, regarding food safety shocks and their effect on international competitiveness.