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Understanding the key drivers of and technology related issues associated with going multi-channel [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A multi-channel retail strategy is viewed by many academics and practitioners to be the success model for most retailers. Yet, while there are many drivers of, and advantages related to, using multiple channels to sell products and services to customers ...
Foster, C, Lewis, J, Whysall, P
core   +1 more source

Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Customer empowerment and engagement on sharing platform in the retailing sector: testing the mediating effects of service innovation and platform trust

open access: yesJournal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
This article aims to investigate the effect of customer empowerment on their engagement on sharing platform in the retailing sector via the mediating role of service innovation and customer trust.
Huynh Thi Thuy Giang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Halal Supplier Service Quality and Staff Preparedness to Embrace Halal Technology on Halal Logistics Performance

open access: yesManagement Analysis Journal
This study explores the association between employee preparedness to adopt technology in halal retailing and manufacturing industries, and halal supplier service quality on halal logistics performance.
Jefri Heridiansyah   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Grocery retailing in Poland: Structural changes and foreign direct investment [PDF]

open access: yes
The development of the Polish food retailing sector is very interesting. With the transition from a socialist to a market economy, structural change in the retailing sector has been especially rapid and the new open markets in Poland have attracted ...
Herrmann, Roland   +2 more
core  

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Performance in the Food Retailing Segment of the Agri-Food Chain [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper sets out to measure the performance of the food-retailing sector of the Canadian economy for the period 1990 to 1998. This study was undertaken to provide a baseline study for the sector due to the major changes that took place after 1998.
Smith, David, Trant, Michael
core   +1 more source

Gendered retailing: a study of customer perceptions of front line staff in the DIY sector [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This paper reports findings from a small scale study exploring the role gender plays in the interactions between customers and front-line staff in DIY retailing.
Foster, C
core   +2 more sources

Economic and Environmental Tradeoffs in Cultivating Short Food Supply Chains With Urban Indoor Agriculture

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study advances the literature on sustainable urban agriculture and alternative sustainable food production systems, which have gained momentum due to the need to strengthen regional food supply chains and meet the growing urban demand for fresh food. Indoor agriculture (IA) holds promise for year‐round cultivation of fresh produce even in
Joseph Seong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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