Information Exchange and Strategic Behavior in Supply Chains: Application to the Food Sector

Information technology (IT) facilitates information exchange between retailers and suppliers. Based on evidence from food industry, information strategies under uncertainty are analyzed, using game theory. Some key results are under certain conditions, retailers withhold valuable sales data from suppliers even if this means less supply coordination; a revealed equilibrium exists where suppliers learn retailers' market data despite retailers' withholding of such data; this leads either to full information convergence or, surprisingly, incomplete information convergence with some informational asymmetry left; retailers with greater market power and numerous suppliers are more inclined to share, rather than to withhold, information.     

Strategic Marketing and the Dynamics of Food Consumption

Patterns of food consumption shift as countries develop, incomes increase, and lifestyles change. Strategic marketing in this dynamic environment involves aiming at moving targets. Fortunately, some of these changes in demand for food products can be anticipated by understanding those that have already occurred. We consider changes in consumption over time for selected nations as they have developed and also compare a cross section of countries at different levels of development. Seeking and retaining markets in high-, middle-, or low-income countries requires an appreciation of the stages, dynamics, and nature of heir economic development and the implications for food demand.     

Economic Incentives for Firms to Implement Enhanced Food Safety Controls: Case of the Canadian Red Meat and Poultry Processing Sector

This study assesses quantitatively the economic incentives for firms to adopt food safety controls and the potential impact of a number of firm- and market-specific characteristics on this behavior, focusing on the red meat and poultry processing sector in Canada. The results suggest that market-based (private) incentives have a greater impact on the food safety responsiveness of firms in this sector than government regulatory actions. This creates challenges for regulators in defining policy instruments that promote greater levels of food safety control in food processing sectors rather than constraining firms from taking initiatives that exceed regulatory requirements.     

Water Use in the Canadian Food Processing Industry

A number of studies have examined water use at the farm level, but water use by food processing firms has received relatively little attention. In light of current concerns regarding water conservation, the objective of this paper is to bridge this gap in our understanding of water use in the agri-food sector. Four aspects of water use (intake, treatment prior to use, recirculation and discharge) are examined for the Canadian food processing industry and three of its subsectors. Price and output elasticities are estimated using plant-evel data from a 1991 survey of water-using firms. Results indicate that all aspects of water use are sensitive to economic factors. Implications for government policies are identified.     

Strategic Marketing Objectives in Mergers and Acquisitions in the Greek Food Industry

The purpose of this study is to provide empirical evidence of the effect of the type of ownership (foreign vs. domestic deals) on the objectives of corporate acquisitions in the Greek food industry, by reviewing the current literature and then analyzing a selected group of recent takeovers. In order to determine whether or not any effect did in fact exist, a set of twenty acquiring objectives were used on a number of possible strategic, marketing, financial and managerial goals. Analysis of these data indicated that, contrary to what would be expected from previous research Greek food mergers differ according to the nature of the deal (domestic vs. foreign).     

Forging Strategic Alliances in Canada's Agrifood Sector: Framework for Analysis and Action

In recent years, participants in Canadas agrifood sector have become more concerned about their competitiveness and have identified strategic alliances as being vital to becoming more competitive. This paper is a review of economics, strategic management and other social science literature examining several issues such as:

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  the types of objectives organizations should pursue using strategic alliances
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  the appropriate configuration for a strategic alliance, given its objectives
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  advantages and disadvantages of strategic alliances versus other types of business relationships
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  factors that enhance or inhibit organizations' abilities to forge alliances.

The latter part of the paper concentrates on what managers interested in pursuing strategic alliances can do to enhance their chances of success.     

食品加工中的污染及其安全检验方法初探

近年来,我国食品安全问题时有发生,造成食品安全问题的根本原因不仅是相关法律体系不够完善和对食品安全重视程度较低,还与食品检测技术水平息息相关.本文针对食品加工中的污染源和危害进行了详细介绍,针对食品加工污染类型,提出了一系列的应对策略,并针对食品污染检测方法进行探讨,以为我国食品安全奉献绵薄之力.     

Industry Structure and Economic Performance in the Food Manufacturing Industries

The objective of this study is to develop a simultaneous equations model of profitability, concentration, advertising expenditures and research and development outlays for the food manufacturing indushies in the United States. The data used in the estimation are subjected to regression diagnostics in an effort to determine the importance to the estimation results of a subset of the data that can have a disproportionate influence. The estimation results, especially for the advertising expenditures relationship and the research and development outlays equation, do change when a truncated data sample (based on the omission of the outliers) is used. This serves partly to explain why there is some disagreement in the literature on market structure and economic performance with regard to the impact of several economic factors.     

浅析食品生产加工的质量保证

食品生产加工质量安全直接关系着人们的身体健康和生命安全,而随着我国经济的快速发展,人民生活水平的不断提高,对食品生产加工质量安全的要求也不断提升.同时,食品生产加工的质量备受社会各方面的高度关注,是衡量国民幸福指数的重要因素.本文从食品生产加工的基础条件、质量标准和法律保障等方面进行论证,探析建立食品生产加工过程的质量...     

辐照技术在食品加工中的应用研究

辐照技术是如今食品加工领域的一大关键技术,其主要以非热加工的方式开展食品加工,不仅可有效清除食品内的病原微生物和虫害等,还可保障食品的安全性,延长食品保质期。基于此,本文首先阐述了辐照技术的原理、特征及其安全性,然后论述了辐照技术在食品加工中的实际应用。     

关于粮食安全问题的金融思考

金融部门作为经济的“血液”和“助推器”,应当在支持国家和地方粮食储备体系建设、推进国有粮食企业改革、加强农业基础设施建设和农业科技转化与推广、保护耕地和种粮农民利益等方面发挥出应有的积极作用。     

固态发酵在食品加工中的应用

技术的革新给食品加工业带来了革新与升级,其中固态技术在食品加工业的发展中发挥了十分重要的作用.本文介绍了固态发酵的概念,论述了固态发酵在食品加工中的应用措施及益处.     

食品加工中的污染及安全检验对策探讨

食品加工中的污染问题会严重影响食品安全与卫生,导致加工出的食品达不到卫生标准。基于此,加强食品加工中的安全控制,严格落实各项食品加工安全检验检测工作是本次研究的核心点。本文简要阐述了食品加工中的污染情况,引入具体食品加工污染与安全检验案例,分析了安全检验的情况及其中存在的问题,提出具有针对性的食品加工安全检验优化对策。希望能通过本次研究进一步探究出食品加工中污染控制的方法,提高加工环节的安全检验有效性。     

土地利用总体规划修编的战略思路

我国正面临着土地利用总体规划修编工作,目前的社会经济发展形势与上一轮制定土地利用总体规划时的背景发生了很大变化,因此土地利用总体规划修编的战略思路也应相应调整。从深层意义上说,修编的战略思路要比修编的具体方法更为重要。应当把土地利用总体规划修编的意义提高到确保我国土地资源安全的战略高度,把修编的着眼点和目标提升到社会经济发展层面上来。     

美国土地管理局概况及其战略规划

本文介绍了美国土地管理局的机构设置、工作任务、主要职能、《联邦土地政策与管理法案》、当前美国国有土地管理的指导原则、以及 2 0 0 0～ 2 0 0 5年美国土地战略规划 ;在综合分析的基础上 ,归纳总结了美国土地管理局机构设置及其战略规划的利与弊。     

中国粮食安全状况评价与战略思考

本文基于国际公认的粮食安全概念,构建了包括供给、分配、消费、利用效率、保障结果、稳定性、可持续性和调控力等8个方面的指标体系,对中国粮食安全保障的现状、趋势、问题进行了分析。结果表明,中国粮食安全当前处于较高水平且近年不断提升。中国粮食安全保障有多重优势,自给率、人均热量和蛋白供给等多项指标超过世界平均水平,甚至超过发达国家平均水平。中国粮食安全面临的主要问题是营养结构不合理、环境可持续性较差等。未来提高中国粮食安全水平要在保障粮食生产能力、稳定粮食产量的基础上,调整产出结构、采用环境友好的生产方式、重视需求管理、减少不舍理消费和损耗、适当降低储备率。