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Quaddus, Mohammed; Islam, Nazrul; Stanton, John. |
Why Australian wool producers remained in the business despite the hardship they have experienced for much of the 1990s from low prices of wool? This question was raised frequently by research scientists and policymakers of the wool industry. A recent exploratory study gives a notion that Australian wool production could be a 'lifestyle' choice and/or a choice other than economic reasons. To validate this notion this paper investigates the factors that drive and motivate the Western Australian wool producers, as identified in the exploratory study, by applying a Structural Equation Modelling approach. An innovative mixed research method is adopted in this study. Telephone survey is conducted among a random selection of 290 wool producers in WA. The results... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; C21; L2; L7; Q10. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25275 |
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Jackson, Elizabeth; Quaddus, Mohammed; Islam, Nazrul; Stanton, John. |
Some 85% of all raw wool produced in Australia is sold on the open-cry auction system (Bolt 2004). Current debate among wool growers highlighted the need to explore other methods available and, of these, determine what are the most preferred. Four focus groups were conducted in regional Western Australia to ascertain primary producers' opinions on the options available for selling their raw wool. Focus group p articipants were given a series of scenarios to brainstorm, these focused on offering advice to a new neighbour who had n ever grown wool. Results of the research showed that auctioning wool via the services of a broker is by far the preferred selling method. Forward contracting and internet-based selling were options that were unfamiliar but worthy... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25470 |
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Nasir Uddin, Mohammad; Quaddus, Mohammed; Islam, Nazrul. |
Recent study by Meat & Livestock Australia revealed that cost competitiveness and market development issues in supply chain are the major factors for a long term decline of the Australian Beef industry. This study, based on the explanation of transaction cost theory argues that competitive performance of an industry depends on improving cost efficiency across the whole of supply chain, the underlying value chain, and the relationship among the stakeholders in the industry. With a main objective to investigate the underlying factors of developing competent inter-firm relationship that influence the supply chain performance and competitiveness, this study presents details of a survey carried out and tests the hypothesis that inter-organizational... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Beef Supply Chain; Agribusiness Management; Supply Chain Management; Agribusiness. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59172 |
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