The Economics of Commodity Promotion Programs

The Economics of Commodity Promotion Programs
Author: Harry Mason Kaiser
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780820472713

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
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2001-10-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0762308230

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].