As a result of the economic restructuring and political reforms undertaken during the 1990s, Hungary has a varied set of farm types that encompass a wide array of different sizes, degrees of capital intensity and forms of ownership. This article explores the performance of Hungarian farms and...

The past and future international competitiveness of Hungarian agriculture is assessed by calculating domestic resource cost (DRC) ratios using data for 2000-02 as a base. Future international competitiveness is estimated for 2007 and 2013 under three scenarios: baseline (no accession),...

With the recent enlargement of the European Union (EU), ten new member states (NMS) have entered the borderless Single European Market (SEM) and adopted common EU policies in trade with third countries. This policy change causes trade creation effects within the borderless SEM and trade...

This article describes the changes in Slovenian agricultural policy in the period 1993-2001 in light of Slovenia's anticipated accession to the European Union. Agriculture in Slovenia is characterised by relatively unfavourable natural and structural conditions, which also explains its status as...

This article illustrates the usefulness of applying bootstrap procedures to total factor productivity Malmquist indices, derived with data envelopment analysis (DEA), for a sample of 250 Polish farms during 1996-2000. The confidence intervals constructed as in Simar and Wilson suggest that the...

Case studies from the dairy sector shed light on patterns of internationalisation and determinants of export success in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). International market orientation is, in general, weak: the majority of firms considered do not collect market research, have no...

This article assesses the incomes of farm households in Kosovo and engagement in other gainful activities (OGAs) outside agricultural production. After adjusting for household size, rural incomes in Kosovo are low. For the poorest quartile of sampled households, incomes per household member are...

Case study analysis reveals that a production orientation rather than a market focus predominantly guides the Bulgarian wine industry. Market orientation has not as yet been effectively implemented owing to internal inertia, ignorance, ambiguous ownership structures and grape procurement...

During the 1990s Slovenia has moved toward a more market-based economy with a greater role for the private sector in asset ownership, production and price determination. The Slovenian food industry comprises a small number of producers operating in a comparatively modest market. Primary and...

A comparative assessment of the performance of enterprises belonging to three strategic ownership groups (state, foreign and indigenous private) is undertaken for the Polish food industry. This analysis draws on two competing theories of enterprise performance (industrial organisation and the...