Journal: Agribusiness

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Agribusiness (N.Y.N.Y., Print)

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Wiley

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0742-4477
1520-6297

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  • Profitability and profit persistence in EU food retailing: Differences between top competitors and fringe firms
    Item type: Journal Article
    Hirsch, Stefan; Lanter, David; Finger, Robert (2020)
    Agribusiness
    We investigate the drivers and persistence of profits in EU food retailing by focusing on differences between "top competitors" and fringe food retailers using a sample of 12,786 firms from France, Spain, and Sweden between 2006 and 2014. We detect a high degree of profit persistence in food retailing, presumably caused by strong bargaining power towards processors. Moreover, we find that profit persistence is higher for "top competitors" such as members of Top-5 chains regarding sales and that independent/specialized supermarkets generate lower profitability. The results provide insights regarding power imbalances in food retailing and thus support the development of managerial strategies as well as measures to enhance market efficiency.
  • Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco-Efficiency Clubs
    Item type: Journal Article
    Läpple, Doris; Stetter, Christian; Buckley, Cathal (2024)
    Agribusiness
    Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021. We calculate transient, persistent, and overall eco-efficiency with respect to GHG emissions by way of stochastic frontier analysis. The innovative component of our analysis is the application of club convergence analysis to explore heterogeneity in transient eco-efficiency development over time. This offers a nuanced understanding of farm-level responses to climate challenges. We then explore correlations between convergence clubs and GHG mitigation technology usage. Despite high overall eco-efficiency, our results uncover significant variability across farms, with some showing improvement and others decline in eco-efficiency over time. We also find that changes in milk yield and specialization are positively related to better eco-efficiency development, while GHG mitigation technologies do not play an important role. These insights suggest that the average high eco-efficiency masks considerable underlying heterogeneity, presenting opportunities for tailored policy interventions. Our study contributes to the literature by highlighting the complex dynamics of eco-efficiency in the dairy sector and underscoring the need for policy frameworks that account for farm-level diversity.
  • What Causes Firm Profitability Variation in the EU Food Industry? A Redux of Classical Approaches of Variance Decomposition
    Item type: Journal Article
    Hirsch, Stefan; Schiefer, Jan (2016)
    Agribusiness
  • Mapping potential implications of temporary COVID‐19 export bans for the food supply in importing countries using precrisis trade flows
    Item type: Journal Article
    Koppenberg, Maximilian; Bozzola, Martina; Dalhaus, Tobias; et al. (2021)
    Agribusiness
    Despite pleas from international organizations, governments and trade economists to refrain from imposing trade‐distorting measures, over 20 countries have implemented bans on the export of agri‐food products since the onset of the COVID‐19 crisis. These export prohibitions might adversely impact food security and disrupt well‐established global supply chains. We identify importing countries that could potentially be affected by the imposed export bans using a measure of their import dependency during the pre‐pandemic period to illustrate our results on global trade maps. We find that many importers rely on just one country for a significant share of the overall domestic supply of a particular commodity.
  • Effects of the Swiss retailers' strategy on the governance structure of the fresh food products supply chains
    Item type: Journal Article
    Réviron, Sophie; Chappuis, Jean-Marc (2005)
    Agribusiness
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