Purpose The purpose of this paper is to extend the knowledge into the relationship between open innovation (OI) and firm’s innovative performance. Specifically, the authors aim to determine whether the benefits of OI practices are different for Food and Beverage (FnB) firms as compared to...

Noise is a major urban problem that has not received much attention from environmental economists. In this paper we present an attempt to value a noise reduction program in a Spanish city. Contingent valuation has been applied using both one and one-half bound and open-ended question formats....

This study investigates factors affecting consumer purchase choice (cognitive structures) in two foods with different perceived risk levels. Means-end chain methodology is used to test for differences in the degrees of abstraction and complexity in the purchase decision process for each product....