| Description |
xiv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: What determines food industry competitiveness? -- EAMONN PITTS and MAGNUS LAGNEVIK -- -- 1.1 Analysing competitiveness -- 1.1.1 Measures of competitiveness -- 1.2 Measures of competitive performance -- 1.2.1 Revealed comparative advantage -- 1.3 National and international competitiveness -- 1.3.1 Net export index -- 1.3.2 Value added as a measure of competitiveness -- 1.3.3 Boston Consulting Group growth share matrix -- 1.3.4 Foreign direct investment: the Dunning paradigm -- 1.3.5 Measuring competitive performance in practice -- 1.4 Measuring competitive potential and process -- 1.4.1 The Porter diamond approach -- 1.4.2 Sources of competitive advantage -- 1.4.3 Four stages of national competitive development. -- 1.4.4 The industrial districts approach -- 1.4.5 Similarities and differences between Porter and ID approaches -- 1.5 Conclusion -- Appendix: Porter studies carried out in European food industry sectors -- -- 2 Structural changes in the European food industry: consequences for -- competitiveness -- BRUCE TRAILL -- -- 2.1 Trends in the European food industry -- 2.2 Changes at the consumer level -- 2.2.1 Economic factors -- 2.2.2 Consumer concerns -- 2.2.3 Demographic factors -- 2.2.4 The European diet? -- 2.3 Changes in food retailing in Europe -- 2.4 Changes in food manufacturing in Europe -- 2.4.1 Interationalization of large food manufacturers -- 2.5 Changes in policies affecting the EU food industries -- 2.6 Conclusions -- -- 3 A big industry in a small country: dairy processing in Ireland -- LARRY O' CONNELL, CHRIS VAN EGERAAT, PAT ENRIGHT and -- EAMONN PITTS -- -- 3.1 The current state of the Irish dairy industry -- 3.1.1 Scope of the research -- 3.1.2 Research methodology -- 3.2 Evolution and structure of the dairy industry -- 3.2.1 History of the dairy industry -- 3.2.2 Performance of the industry -- 3.2.3 Industry structure -- -- -- -- 3.2.4 Location of dairy processors -- 3.3 Factor conditions -- 3.3.1 Physical resources -- 3.3.2 Human resources -- 3.3.3 Capital -- 3.3.4 Knowledge -- 3.3.5 Role of state and other agencies -- 3.3.6 Importance of factor conditions for competitiveness -- 3.4 Demand conditions -- 3.4.1 Home demand for individual dairy products -- 3.4.2 Characteristics of customers in the Irish market -- 3.4.3 The importance of home demand conditions -- 3.5 Related and supporting industries -- 3.5.1 Dairy farming -- 3.5.2 Other supplier industries -- 3.5.3 Related industries -- 3.5.4 The importance of related and supporting industries -- 3.6 Firm strategy, structure and rivalry -- 3.6.1 Strategy and structure -- 3.6.2 Domestic rivalry and co-operation -- 3.6.3 The importance of strategy structure and rivalry -- 3.7 The CAP and the Irish diamond -- 3.7.1 The European CAP -- 3.7.2 The CAP and the Irish dairy industry -- 3.7.3 Sustainability and the CAP -- 3.7.4 Influence of the CAP on the Irish dairy processing industry -- 3.8 Assessment and conclusions -- 3.8.1 The role of the determinants of competitive advantage -- 3.8.2 Assessment of 'clustering' -- 3.8.3 Suitability of Porter's theoretical framework -- 3.8.4 Implications for policy -- Acknowledgements -- -- 4 Uncompetitiveness in a primary product: does Porter help? The case of UK -- horticulture -- BRUCE TRAILL -- -- 4.1 Horticulture in the UK -- 4.2 The fruit and vegetable industry -- 4.2.1 Production -- 4.2.2 Consumption of fruit and vegetables and its main drivers -- 4.2.3 The supply chain -- 4.2.4 EU fruit and vegetable policy -- 4.2.5 Research in horticulture in the UK -- 4.3 Apples -- 4.3.1 Background to the study -- 4.3.2 Demand conditions -- 4.3.3 Factors of production -- 4.3.4 Related and supporting industries and firm structure, strategy -- and rivalry -- 4.3.5 The basis of competitiveness -- 4.4 Strawberries -- 4.4.1 Background to the study -- 4.4.2 Demand conditions -- 4.4.3 Factors of production -- 4.4.4 Related and supporting industries and firm structure, strategy -- and rivalry -- 4.4.5 The basis of competitiveness -- 4.5 Mushrooms -- 4.5.1 Background -- 4.5.2 Demand conditions -- 4.5.3 Factors of production -- -- -- -- 4.5.4 Related and supporting industries and firm structure, strategy -- and rivalry -- 4.5.5 The basis of competitiveness -- 4.6 Overall conclusions |
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Does Porter help? -- -- 5 Small firms, old traditions equals low profit: pigmeat processing in Belgium -- JACQUES VIAENE and XAVIER GELLYNCK -- -- 5.1 Introduction and objective -- 5.2 Methodology -- 5.2.1 Measurement -- 5.2.2 Explanation -- 5.3 Results -- 5.3.1 Measuring competitiveness -- 5.3.2 Explaining competitiveness -- 5.4 Conclusions -- 5.4.1 Benefits and disadvantages of a Porter analysis of the sector -- Appendix: Market attractiveness and market position for pigmeat on the -- German, Italian and French markets -- -- 6 Sophisticated consumers and export success, but problems in the home retail -- sector: the Italian pasta industry -- LUCIANO VENTURINI and STEFANO BOCCALETTI -- -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Export performance and international competitiveness -- 6.2.1 Trade measures -- 6.2.2 The role of FDI -- 6.3 The determinants of industry's competitiveness -- 6.3.1 Factor conditions -- 6.3.2 Demand conditions -- 6.3.3 Related and supporting industries -- 6.3.4 Domestic structure and rivalry -- 6.3.5 Chance -- 6.3.6 The role of government -- 6.4 Final remarks and conclusion -- -- 7 Ecological minded retailers: a driving force for upgrading competitiveness -- of the Swedish food sector? -- MAGNUS LAGNEVIK and HELENE TJARNEMO -- -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 Definition of ecological products -- 7.2 Factor conditions -- 7.2.1 Development of ecological production and distribution systems -- 7.2.2 The growth of ecological production -- 7.2.3 Conclusions -- 7.3 Demand conditions -- 7.3.1 Conclusions -- 7.4 Firm strategy, structure and rivalry: a retailer chain perspective -- 7.4.1 Highly concentrated Swedish food retailing -- 7.4.2 The eco-strategy of KF and Gr6na Konsum -- 7.4.3 The eco-strategy of ICA -- 7.4.4 The eco-strategy of Hemk6p -- 7.4.5 Conclusions -- 7.5 Eco-strategy implementation in retail stores: problems and possibilities -- 7.5.1 The role of product appearance and availability -- 7.5.2 The role of marketing activities -- 7.5.3 The role of internal commitment -- 7.5.4 The role of stakeholders' response -- -- -- -- 7.5.5 Conclusions -- 7.6 The role of government -- 7.6.1 Government legislation -- 7.6.2 Government subsidies -- 7.6.3 Conclusions -- 7.7 Supporting and related industries -- 7.7.1 Eco-auditing and certification -- 7.7.2 Eco-research -- 7.7.3 Eco-knowledge development -- 7.7.4 Conclusions -- 7.8 The competitive dynamics of the Swedish ecological food cluster -- 7.9 Anticipatory buyers' needs -- 7.9.1 Some competing ecological food clusters -- 7.9.2 Conclusions -- 7.10 Concluding remarks -- 7.10.1 The usefulness of the Porter framework -- -- 8 New policies, new opportunities, new threats: the Finnish food industry in the ] -- SAARA HYVONEN and JUKKA KOLA -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 EU membership: new challenges for the Finnish food chain -- 8.1.2 Objectives of the study -- 8.2 Structural characteristics of the Finnish food industry -- 8.3 Theoretical framework -- 8.3.1 Public policies and the business environment -- 8.3.2 Competitive advantage of firms: two alternative approaches -- 8.3.3 Marketing-related resources -- 8.3.4 Organizational performance -- 8.4 Research methodology -- 8.4.1 Research questions for empirical analysis -- 8.4.2 Field study and sample -- 8.4.3 Measurement of variables -- 8.4.4 Aggregation of firms: evaluation of industry effects -- 8.5 Analysis of field study results: how do Finnish food manufacturing firms -- compete? -- 8.5.1 Identification of competitive strategy patterns -- 8.5.2 A taxonomy of competitive advantages -- 8.5.3 Measures of organizational performance -- 8.6 Conclusions and implications -- 8.6.1 Evaluating policy effects on the competitiveness of the Finnish -- food chain -- 8.6.2 Competitive advantages in the food industry: present and future -- 8.6.3 Policy implications -- -- 9 Are Porter diamonds forever? -- MAGNUS LAGNEVIK and JUKKA KOLA -- -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Competition and competitiveness -- 9.3 The home base -- 9.4 Retailing and competitive dynamics -- 9.5 Competitiveness and the CAP -- 9.6 Change of industry dynamics -- 9.7 Porter: methodological development -- -- Index |
| Notes |
On cover: European Commission, Food Linked Agro-Industrial Research |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Competition -- European Union countries.
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Competition.
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Food industry and trade -- European Union countries.
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Food industry and trade.
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| Author |
Pitts, Eamonn.
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Traill, Bruce.
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AIR Programme.
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| LC no. |
97074588 |
| ISBN |
0751404314 |
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