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U.S. Firms Invest in Mexico's Processed Food Industry

1999
The 1994 North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Canada, and Mexico was established to enhance trade. The successfulincrease in trade was accompanied by an even more important sharp increase in foreign direct investment (FOi) between the partners, especially between the United States and Mexico. U.S.
Bolling, Chris   +5 more
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Export decisions of food processing firms in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma

Agribusiness, 1996
This research presents the results of a survey of food processing firms in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The differences between exporters and nonexporters, and the factors that contribute to a firm entering the export market were focal points of the survey.
Linda Byford, David Henneberry
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Persistent firm profitability in the US and EU food processing industry

2015
This article analyzes profit persistence as well as the drivers of profitability in the US and EU food industry using GMM estimations. Due to different structures in firm size comparable samples of US and EU food processors are derived using Propensity Score Matching.
Hirsch, Stefan, Gschwandtner, Adelina
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Critical success factors for managing quality in food processing firms

Agribusiness, 1994
Factors critical to successfully managing quality in the food processing industry are identified and include: the role of top management, the role of the quality department, employee relations, training, and process management. Little relationship was found between a factor's importance and firm performance with respect to that factor.
Gregory A. Baker   +2 more
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Developing Capabilities in Mozambique's Food Processing Sector - The Role of South African Food Processing Firms and Supermarket Chains

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
Food processing is a high value-added sector which brings opportunities for long-term employment, skills development and technology transfer. This paper considers the potential for developing Mozambique’s food processing industry for the purpose of enhancing the country’s industrial landscape.
Maria Nkhonjera, Reena Das Nair
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Strategies to assure the absence of GMO in food products application process in a confectionery firm

Food Control, 2005
This article describes the strategies and the instruments applied in the development and implementation of a system aimed at assuring the production of food which is neither made of nor derived from genetically modified raw material in a confectionery firm.
SCIPIONI, ANTONIO   +3 more
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Capital Structure Determinants: Evidence in Indonesia Food Processing Firms

Proceedings of Forum Manajemen Indonesia's International Conferences
This study examines the determinants of capital structure. Leverage is measured by debt-to-equity ratio and decompose to three regression models: short-term debt, long-term debt, and total debt. The purpose of this study is to test whether there are differences in the capital structure determinants across three debt regression models.
Yudhia Mulya, Esti Dwi Lestari
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Support scheme of food processing firms: A driving force for rural development? [PDF]

open access: possible, 2007
The agri-food sector was given remarkable amounts of funding by all German federal states in the framework of the Measure g 'Improving Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products' within the rural development programs. Based on literature and data we obtained by evaluating this program we identified some indicators representative for illustration
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MNEs and the Global Integration of Thailand's Processed Food Exports: A Firm-Level Study

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2006
This paper presents the findings of a firm-level case study examining the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in processed food exports from Thailand. The discussion covers both FDI (foreign direct investment) and non-FDI channels of MNE involvement in the export of four major items, namely, canned pineapple, canned tuna, processed chicken, and ...
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Markups and export behavior: Firm-level evidence from the French food processing industry

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2023
Yaghoob Jafari   +2 more
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