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Government and the Food Industry: Economic and Political Effects of Conflict and Co-Operation

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  1. L. Tim Wallace

    1. University of California, Berkeley, USA

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  2. William R. Schroder

    1. Monash University, Australia

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Overviews

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Government and the Food Industry in a Knowledge Creating World

      • Steven T. Sonka
      Pages 3-18

    3. Economics, Government and the Food Industry

      • Geoff Edwards
      Pages 19-35

  3. Domestic Competition and Trade Practices Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-38
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    2. Competition and Trade Practice Policies: An Overview

      • Bruce W. Marion
      Pages 39-55

    3. The Deregulation of New Zealand’s Food and Fiber Sector

      • Ralph Lattimore
      Pages 57-71

    4. Statutory Marketing Organizations: The Elasticities Trap

      • Greg Cutbush
      Pages 73-89

    5. Statutory Marketing Organizations: Management Issues

      • Wayne Cartwright
      Pages 91-105

  4. Research and Development Policy Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-109
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    2. Research Policy Challenges

      • Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, Tim Wallace
      Pages 111-124

    3. Food Industry Research and Development

      • Mary D. Earle, Richard L. Earle
      Pages 125-140

    4. The BST Case

      • W. D. Dobson
      Pages 141-158

  5. Selected Interest Group Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-160
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    2. Worldwide Opportunities to Market Food Safety

      • Tanya Roberts, Roberta A. Morales, C.-T. Jordan Lin, Julie A. Caswell, Neal H. Hooker
      Pages 161-178

    3. Communications: Theory and Practice

      • Len Richardson
      Pages 179-203

    4. Animal Welfare: The Food Industry and Government

      • David Hughes
      Pages 205-220

  6. Environmental Issues and the Food Industry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-222
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    2. A Life Ethic for Sustainability Revisited

      • Jerry A. Moles
      Pages 223-233

    3. Environmental Issues, Policy, and the Food Industry

      • Sandra S. Batie
      Pages 235-256
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About this book

This book's purpose is to shed light on the threats and opportunities arising from the incentives and restrictions of governmental actions which food industry managers discover in their search for profits. The food industry, as defined here, includes farmers, their input suppliers, processors and distributors. This text explores how the private sector reacts to the stimulus of public support measures, rules and regulations which are usually motivated by entirely different ends than those desired within the private sector. No current single model of economic behavior as yet adequately encompasses or quantifies these complex vectors and forces. Management is comprised of many factors, most of which can be identified ex post but few of which can be appraised precisely ex ante. The perceptual processes by which managers respond to governments are influenced by culture, aptitudes, individual and collective goals. details of most government/business relationships are discussed Few openly since management and government officials are, understandably, often reluctant to share the decision tree route by which trust is built and understandings are negotiated. Our text differs from others in that we combine both a theoretical and experiential approach to the subject. The insights provided by the case study material give a more macro and yet realistic view than tha t usually offered elsewhere. We indicate the risks and dynamics of the situations faced by management while also showing the importance and strategic relevance of a solid analytical foundation for managerial purposes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Berkeley, USA

    L. Tim Wallace

  • Monash University, Australia

    William R. Schroder

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Government and the Food Industry: Economic and Political Effects of Conflict and Co-Operation

  • Editors: L. Tim Wallace, William R. Schroder

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6221-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9979-7Published: 30 September 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7853-2Published: 12 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-6221-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 421

  • Topics: Agricultural Economics, Public Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Management

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