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The impacts of temperature on Chinese food processing firms*

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2022
China supplied 4.1% of the global agro‐food exports in 2019, which is worth $65 billion in sales. The vulnerability of this sector to climatic factors has been growing with climate change that not only affects the costs of primary products but may also affect the costs of processing by reducing input productivity.
Xiaoguang Chen, Madhu Khanna
exaly   +2 more sources

Strategies of Kenyan firms: a case study of food processing firms in Nairobi

African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 2019
Purpose While many studies have discussed the regulatory constraints that hinder industrial development in sub-Saharan Africa, little attention has been paid to the behavior of those firms that succeed despite a challenging business environment. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap by focusing on specific strategies of a subset of successful ...
Herbert Wamalwa, Paul Kamau
exaly   +2 more sources

Food Processing Firms, Input Quality Upgrading and Trade [PDF]

, 2015
In this paper the heterogeneous firms and trade literature is extended by integrating quality of inputs and outputs in a food and agricultural setting. Recently, Sexton (2013) has suggested that intermediate agricultural input quality is critical in food processing firms’ output quality and pricing decisions.
Tseng, Eric, Sheldon, Ian
core   +4 more sources

Diversification and Profitability Among Large Food Processing Firms [PDF]

, 1970
Excerpts from the report Preface: Farmers and numerous legislative and economic groups concerned with agricultural policy have become increasingly aware of the conglomerate acquisitions and internal growth affecting food industries. In recent years, firms in food processing have, through internal and external growth, enlarged their product lines to ...
Arnould, Richard J., Arnould, Richard J.
openaire   +2 more sources

An Analysis of the Effect of Concentration on the Profitability of Food Processing Business Firms [PDF]

, 2015
In Korea, food processing business firms have increased the level of concentration in their industry in order to achieve the better efficiency and competitiveness. Even though many researchers think that the level of concentration affects the conditions of business firms, including profitability, few papers tried to study the effect of concentration on
Shin, Yoojin, Shin, Yoojin
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Adoption of food safety among food processing firms in Ghana

, 2019
Globally, food system transformation is characterized by the increasing importance of food safety and quality standards for consumers. This trend is challenging for the food processing sector in Ghana, which is dominated by micro and small firms.
Asante, Seth B., Ragasa, Catherine, Andam, Kwaw S., Asante, Seth B., Ragasa, Catherine, Andam, Kwaw S.   +5 more
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Managing quality in California food processing firms

Agribusiness, 1992
The study evaluates the factors critical to effective quality management in California food processors. The survey results indicate that food processors perform relatively well in terms of the support given by senior management and the role of the quality department.
Gregory A. Baker, S. Andrew Starbird
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FOOD PROCESSING FIRMS AND FOREIGN PRODUCTION INCENTIVES

1997
As the practice of a firm in one country owning production facilities in another has increased, several theories have developed to explain why production facilities do not always have local owners who would presumably be more familiar with local business conditions.
Hagen, James M., Hagen, James M.
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Growth and Turnover of Food Processing Firms

1960
Proceedings of the Western Farm Economics Association Thirty-third Annual Meeting, Stanford, CA, August 23-26 ...
Collins, Norman R., Preston, Lee, Collins, Norman R., Preston, Lee   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Food safety regulation and the firm: understanding the compliance process

Food Policy, 1998
Abstract An understanding of the process by which businesses comply with legal requirements is an essential, although frequently ignored, aspect of food safety regulation. The process of compliance is investigated through a postal survey and in-depth interviews with technical directors in a cross-section of food manufacturers and retailers in the UK.
Spencer Henson, Michael Heasman
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