The Economics of Commodity Promotion Programs
The Economics of Commodity Promotion Programs

Author: Harry Mason Kaiser

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9780820472713

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Mandated agricultural commodity promotion programs - such as «Got Milk» - are highly visible, economically important, and controversial. In recent years, these programs have spent more than $1 billion on generic commodity promotion. They are authorized by producer referenda and funded using mandatory commodity taxes on producers and/or handlers. These programs have been the subject of much dispute and litigation, especially in California, which is home to a large number of them. This book takes a comprehensive look at the economic consequences and the resulting legal implications of commodity promotion programs in California, and distills the key consequences for similar programs on a national scale.

Advertising and Differentiated Products
Advertising and Differentiated Products

Author: Michael R. Baye

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2001-10-04

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0762308230

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This volume of papers develops the competence perspective on learning and dynamic capabilities development. The first two papers explore how organizational competence and dynamic capabilities can support the competitive position of a firm. The next two papers are devoted to strategic, organizational, and behavioral perspectives on processes of competence development. The final four papers explore the intellectual challenges that managers face in striking a strategic balance between processes of competence building and competence leveraging. Taken together, the papers in this volume provide a bridge between many traditional management concepts, frameworks, and theoretical perspectives. [Resumen de editor].

Genetically Modified Food and Global Welfare
Genetically Modified Food and Global Welfare

Author: Colin Carter

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2011-07-25

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0857247573

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This volume brings together fresh insights from top agricultural economists in the areas of consumer attitudes, environmental impacts, policy and regulation, trade, investment, food security, and development, in an attempt to provide a new perspective on the most pressing policy questions facing GM technology.