...Fabrício Oliveira Leitão; Ely Laureano Paiva; Karim Marini Thomé Purpose The literature has suggested that capabilities have been used to generate performance and competitive advantage, especially in industries with higher technological dynamism in developed economies. However, knowledge...

...Tiziana De Cristofaro; Lolita Liberatore; Nicola Casolani; Eugenia Nissi Purpose This work aims at discovering the multifaceted business performance of SA8000-certified companies operating in the Italian food and beverages manufacturing industry. Design/methodology/approach A clustering based...

...Dušanka Gajdić; Herbert Kotzab; Kristina Petljak Purpose This paper identifies, evaluates and structures research that focuses on “collaboration” (C), “trust” (T) and “performance” (P) in the agri-food supply chain (AFSC) and reveals its intellectual foundation. It aims to synthesize research...

... efforts, (open) innovation networks as well as the environmental performance (EP) and financial performance (FP) of farms. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire was administered through personal interviews with 160 fresh fruit farmers in an inland Portuguese region. Linear regression, latent...

...Amina Buallay Purpose This study investigates the relationship between the level of sustainability reporting and Food Industry Performance (operational, financial and market). Design/methodology/approach Using data culled from 1426 observations from 31 different countries for ten years (2008...

... by normative pressures and environmental regulations, while government support was seen as deficient. Companies stated that these factors were important to adopt environmental practices and increase performance. Practical implications – Understanding why food companies adopt eco-innovation will help...

...Rosa Caiazza, Tiziana Volpe, John L. Stanton and Christopher J. Griffith; Louise Manning; Jan Mei Soon Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the concept of strategic business resilience in order to postulate innovative mechanisms to drive business performance in the food supply chain...

... vinegrowers. Strategic partnership has been regarded as an effective mechanism to manage the supply chain. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of a supply chain model based on different strategic partnerships on the effect of safety and quality control and small‐scale vinegrowers' performance...

...Andrew P. Smith Argues that consumption of lunch frequently leads to a drop in alertness and reduced ability to perform tasks involving sustained attention, with corresponding shifts in mood. These effects of lunch may be modified by the nature of the meal, characteristics of the person eating...