China's striving to ensure food security for its large population, and that problem I well known. In about one fifth of global population is living in China, in the same time should relay only 1/15 from rural land and 8% of fresh water. China's population grows not only as a numbers, but also it...

La 4e de couverture indique : "Comment intégrer le développement durable en marketing ? Quels sont les pratiques et les discours des distributeurs alimentaires sur ce thème ? Quelles sont leurs stratégies et comment les consommateurs les perçoivent-ils ? Comment mesurer les réactions...

We explore the strategic role of private quality standards in food supply chains. Considering two symmetric retailers that are exclusively supplied by a finite number of producers and endogenizing the suppliers' delivery choice, we show that there exist two asymmetric equilibria in the...

Der Schweizer Agrar- und Lebensmittelmarkt gilt als stark abgeschottet. Im Wesentlichen garantieren tarifäre und nicht-tarifäre Handelshemmnisse den Absatz von Schweizer Agrarerzeugnissen auf dem Inlandmarkt. Jedoch wird von höchster politischer Ebene das Ziel angestrebt, den Schweizer Agrar-...

Using nine years of personnel records from a regional grocery store chain in the United States, this study examines the effect of manager ethnicity on the ethnic composition of employment at the firm's 73 stores. We estimate separate models with store fixed effects for several departments and...

Study indicated that the entry of corporate sector in the Punjab State is both in retail and wholesale trade of the fruits & vegetables sub sector. At the organized retail stores these companies have provided its consumers a single window service for the various product assortments while within...

This paper aims to understand how best performing companies strive to improve their service levels, under the assumption that not only inventory management, but also warehouse management plays a key role in achieving this goal. To explore this issue, a case-based analysis was conducted on six...

This paper highlights the strategic role that private quality standards play in food supply chains. Considering two symmetric retailers that are exclusively supplied by a finite number of producers and endogenizing the producers' delivery choice, we show that there exist two asymmetric...

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict constitutes a prominent example of a long-lasting political conflict which has major consequences for the livelihoods of the people on both sides. The agricultural sectors of the Palestinian and Israeli economies are tightly connected. However, various security...