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Chocolate Brands’ Communication of Corporate Social Responsibility in Germany

Langen, Nina; Hartmann, Monika - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012

Signalling CSR activities by firms have gained considerable relevance over the last decade with enterprises having a large variety of instruments to design their CSR communication. Different communication means can complement one another as the information distributed refers to different...

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Social Responsibility and Competitiveness Strategies of Agri-food Enterprises: A Theoretical and Methodological Approach

Marotta, Giuseppe; Nazzaro, Concetta - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012

In recent years a number of ongoing social, economical and institutional changes have progressively led, on the one hand, to the emergence of intricate competitive scenarios, and, on the other, to a more extensive role of the food industry in modern society. Two fundamental issues – the...

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Food labelled Information: An Empirical Analysis of Consumer Preferences

Banterle, Alessandro; Cavaliere, Alessia; Ricci, Elena … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012

Labelling can support consumers in making choices connected to their preferences in terms of qualitative features. Nevertheless, the space available on packaging is limited and some indications are not used by consumers. This paper aims at analysing which kinds of currently labelled information...

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The Current Status of the Hungarian Agri-Food Chains Related to Sustainability: Challenges and Barriers

Homolka, Fruzsina; Hegyi, Adrienn; Sebők, András - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

The aim of this study was to identify challenges and barriers related to sustainability issues within the Hungarian agri-food sector. Within the SALSA EU FP7 project a survey was carried out which helped to evaluate the current status of the Hungarian food supply chains related to sustainability...

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Price Volatility and Risk Management: The Case of Rice

Banterle, Alessandro; Vandone, Daniela - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

The paper aims at analysing rice-price volatility over the last five years, and at identifying strengths and weaknesses of financial-risk management tools other than derivatives. In particular, it focuses on innovative insurance products and on their potential use in the EU Mediterranean area,...

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Price Versus Non-price Incentives for Participation in Quality Labeling: The Case of the German Fruit Juice Industry

Herrmann, Roland; Bleich, Simon - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

Quality assurance and labeling play an important and increasing role in firms’ marketing strategies. In almost all …

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Sustainability Management in Agribusiness: Challenges, Concepts, Responsibilities and Performance

Friedrich, Nina; Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012

growing public pressure on agribusiness firms to implement more sustainable management practices. In this paper we present the … results of an explorative empirical study of sustainability management in German agribusiness firms. The study shows that … agribusiness firms have developed a broad understanding of sustainability management and perceive a multi-facetted spectrum of …

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Science Meets Reality: Economic Efficiency, Markets, Institutions and Food Security

Pacheco de Carvalho, Bernardo - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

Food still is, and will continue to be, a basic issue at every day decision process in human behavior. Food consumption has been a problematic issue in human history and today is also recognized as a basic pilar for human health and welfare/quality of life. From a global problem up to the middle...

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Transparency Solutions for Increasing Trust along the Food Chain

Sebok, Andras; Berczeli, Attila; Molnar, Adrienn; Van … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2011

The concept of products having designated country of origin was investigated. It was established that a coherent approach can be developed by systematic organisation and structuring of the available information. A working definition was developed for identification of successful practices in...

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Food Awareness and Transparency: Current Practices and Future Tools

Sebok, Andras; Hegyi, Adrienn; Viola, Katalin; Gabor, Istvan - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012

Within the SmartAgriFood project the envisaged functions of Future Internet (FI) were collected and explained to the business users. 135 in depth interviews in 6 countries, and 8 focus group discussions in 5 countries were carried out for identifications and evaluation of the potential...

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