The entry and exit decisions, considered as investment decisions, areinvestigated in the paper. Taking into account the heterogeneity of entry andexit, the analysis is based on two types of entry-exit: real (related to theestablishment or closing of a firm), or entry-exit in a new sector...

Switching costs affect importer decisions, hence impacts of subsidies over time. Dynamic, game theoretic simulations of EU-US competition for Moroccan wheat imports suggest firms charge lower prices and governments award higher subsidies with switching costs. Policy under alternative...

Two banana supply chains (BSC), one in Indonesia (BSC1) and one in Australia (BSC2), are described based on case study research conducted in 2002. BSC1 sources bananas from small farmers for distribution through traditional markets in Jakarta. BSC2 includes farmers supplying to both major and...

Apples constitute the bulk of deciduous fruit produced in South Africa, i.e. in 2000, apples made up the largest percentage of the deciduous fruit crop (43%). From 991/92 to 2002/03 production averaged 574 850 tons per annum with a standard deviation of 43 922 tons. The average distribution of...

Na Citricultura, o produtor coordena suas transações de venda de laranja para os agentes dos canais de distribuição empregando diferentes estruturas de governança. Nas vendas para os barracões, intermediários, varejistas e mercado institucional ele realiza transações baseadas no mercado...

This paper builds on the work of BUSCHENA and GRAY (1999) to look at the effects of mergers in the North American malting industry as ten firms in two separated markets merged into four firms in an integrated market. We explore the sensitivity of our results to the assumption of market power. We...

Application of fuzzy inference system to increase efficiency of management decision- making in agricultural enterprises. Theoretical and methodological issues, practical recommendations on improvement of management decision-making in agricultural enterprises to increase their competitiveness...

The aim of his paper was to present changes in the amount and structure of fruit and vegetable processing industry production and export in Poland, in years 1993-2005. Both the production of processed vegetables and processed fruit has increased in the analyzed period. About 62% of the processed...