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| Girgzdiene, Vilija; Hartmann, Monika; Kuodys, Arvydas; Vaikutis, Viktoras; Wandel, Jurgen. |
| Based on the analytical framework of the structure-conduct-performance paradigm of the theory of industrial organization, the paper analyses economic conditions that determine the degree of competitiveness in the Lithuanian dairy and sugar industry. The study is based on information from milk and sugar beet processing enterprises acquired through a survey carried out at the beginning of 1998. The results reveal that the development of market conditions and market behaviour in the sectors examined has in general progressed. This holds especially for the dairy industry. In the sugar branch state intervention is still considerable, since the sector is regarded as "strategic". Privatisation in both sectors has been almost completed. Competition can also be... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14904 |
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| Girgzdiene, Vilija; Hartmann, Monika; Kuodys, Arvydas; Rudolph, Dirk W.; Vaikutis, Viktoras; Wandel, Jurgen. |
| Part of Lithuania's inheritance from the centrally planned economy of the former Soviet Union is its inefficient food processing sector, which bears much responsibility for the low competitiveness of domestic vis-à-vis imported food products. This harms the food industry itself as well as the entire agricultural sector. Consequently improvements in agriculture will only occur when efforts to increase the efficiency and technological performance of food processing bring significant results. Based on the structure-conduct-performance framework developed by the economic theory of industrial organisation, the objective of the present discussion paper is to identify those economic conditions that are giving rise to the low degree of competitiveness of... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14867 |
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