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| Karantininis, Kostas; Sauer, Johannes; Furtan, William Hartley. |
| While mergers, both horizontal and vertical, have been shaping the landscape of the agri-food industry in Europe, the implications of the changing market structure on the level of innovation has not been studied yet. In this paper we deal with the link between innovation and market structure using the empirical example of the Danish agri-food industry. The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First we test for the importance of vertical integration on innovation. While there exist several studies on this linkage, to our knowledge, this is the first that deals with the agri-food industry. Secondly, we examine both product proliferation and innovation. To our knowledge, there are no other similar studies that examine both aspects using the same data set. We... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Innovation; Vertical Integration; Product Proliferation; Agribusiness; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6074 |
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| Ramaswami, Bharat; Birthal, Pratap Singh; Joshi, P.K.. |
| This paper is an empirical analysis of the gains from contract farming in the case of poultry production in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The paper finds that contract production is more efficient than noncontract production. The efficiency surplus is largely appropriated by the processor. Despite this, contract growers still gain appreciably from contracting in terms of lower risk and higher expected returns. Improved technology and production practices as well as the way in which the processor selects growers are what make these outcomes possible. In terms of observed and unobserved characteristics, contract growers have relatively poor prospects as independent growers. With contract production, these growers achieve incomes comparable to that of... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Contract Farming; Contracting; Poultry; Vertical Integration; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58573 |
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| Michele, Moretto; Gianpaolo, Rossini. |
| The main aim of the paper is to highlight the relation between flexibility and vertical integration. To this purpose, we go through the selection of the optimal degree of vertical disintegration of a flexible firm which operates in a dynamic uncertain environment. The enterprise we model enjoys flexibility since it can switch from a certain amount of disintegration to vertical integration and viceversa. This means that the firm never loses vertical control, i.e., the ability to produce all inputs even when it buys them in the market. This sort of flexibility makes for results which are somehow contrary to the Industrial Organization recent literature and closer to the Operations Research results. In this sense we provide a bridge between the two approaches... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Vertical Integration; Outsourcing; Entry; Flexibility; L24; G 31; C61. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36759 |
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| Ferreira, Antonio Pedro Vasco Batica; Santos, Antonio Carlos dos. |
| The aim of this work was to assess the milking process in an agricultural cooperative in Lavras, Minas Gerais state. The study was done between August and November/2004, employing a qualitative research methodology that involved the researchers and the cooperative’s employees. Process management promotes the organization and management of information in the company, favoring cost administration and control. The study presented some lines with average costs above R$ 1.51/Km, and others below. This fact could impair the efficiency of the process. To ensure quality, legal parameters were defined, through laboratory analysis, to classify the milk. The observance of the strong and weak points are the best way to maximize the organization’s efficiency. However,... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Competitive Strategy; Agricultural Cooperative; Vertical Integration; And costs of milk transportation; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93579 |
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