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Foreign Direct Investment, Spillovers and the Impact of Intellectual Property: Rights in the Seed Sector
Derwisch, Sebastian; Kopainsky, Birgit; … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010
The role of foreign direct investment and intellectual property rights in economic development is discussed widely in the literature. However, an integrating framework is missing to assess the role of FDI and IPR for agricultural development. This paper establishes a framework to assess the role...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853596
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Food Chain Actors’ Perceptions of and Adaptations to Volatile Markets: Results of a Media Analysis
von Davier, Zazie; Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010
The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in which supply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close this research gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853617
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Societal Expectations on Structural Change in Agriculture: How can the Sector Cope with it?
Salamon, Petra; Bürgelt, Doreen; Christoph-Schulz, Inken - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2014
In Germany, productivity gains and other factors induce structural changes in agriculture since decades. While the …. In this study societal perception of structural change in agriculture is analyzed using a mixed method approach to … survey a rejecting or critical attitude towards structural change in agriculture was stated. Structural change in agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200774
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Innovative, Holistic, “Cradle-to-Grave” Approach to Implement more Sustainable Nutrition
Schoner, Georg; Gunther, Christoph; Barcan, Cristian; … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012
Creating more sustainable products is a major topic throughout the consumer goods industry. To succeed, it is necessary to follow a holistic, “cradle-to-grave” approach which involves stakeholders throughout the entire value chain while focusing on consumer goods. Focusing only on one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069697
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Modelling Fresh Strawberry Supply “From-Farm-to-Fork” as a Complex Adaptive Network
Engelseth, Per; Karlsen, Anniken; Verwaart, Tim - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2011
The purpose of this study is to model and thereby enable simulation of the complete business entity of fresh food supply. A case narrative of fresh strawberry supply provides basis for this modelling. Lamming et al. (2000) point to the importance of discerning industry-specific product features...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069847
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Pricing Perishables
Weaver, Robert D.; Moon, Yongma - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2011
A key feature of food products is their perishability. Within the short marketing window that characterizes most food and ag products, demand is typically highly stochastic and difficult to predict. This combination of features poses substantial challenges to retailers when pricing products and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069853
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Risk, Information and Trust in the Food Chain: Factors Explaining Consumer Willingness to Pay
Latvala, Terhi - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010
The safety of food in the food chain has become an increasingly interesting issue to consumers and the media. It has also become a source of concern, as the amount of information on the risks related to food safety continues to expand. The purpose of this study was to identify factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853570
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Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Florida Orange Juice
Spreen, Thomas H.; Dwivedi, Puneet; Goodrich-Schneider, … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010
This study is a part of a comprehensive study which attempts to create a baseline of global warming impact (expressed in total greenhouse gas emission and measured in terms of carbon equivalent) associated with the production and consumption of a gallon of orange juice available in the form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853571
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Sustainability Dilemmas and their Solution Strategies by Committed Food Businesses
Mikkola, Minna; Risku-Norja, Helmi; Post, Anna - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010
Food businesses feel the call for sustainable development (SD). This paper about the Finnish and Swedish food system actors about their understanding of and activities towards sustainability shows that there is commitment for solving aspects of sustainability and different strategies to do this....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853572
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Trust in the US‐EU Fruit and Vegetable Chain: Do US Exporters Understand EU Importers?
Ameseder, Christoph; House, Lisa; Haas, Rainer; … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2010
Research on organizational and inter‐organizational trust has become an important field in management and marketing literature, as it is perceived as a pivotal aspect of business transactions. However, clarifications are still needed on the issue of whom we trust; is the person whom we are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853573