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This research uses a survey instrument in the United States and Italy to examine the relationship... more This research uses a survey instrument in the United States and Italy to examine the relationship between consumers⠀ ™ demographics, attitudes, and behaviors toward food purchasing and their self-described desire to lose weight. Approximately two-thirds of consumers in the United States and slightly over half of consumers in Italy indicated a desire to lose weight. Married consumers with children in the household in both countries are more likely to desire to lose weight. Furthermore, consumers from both countries who desire to ...
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Research conducted by Wolf, Bertolini, and Parker-Garcia [1] indicates that the Italian food purc... more Research conducted by Wolf, Bertolini, and Parker-Garcia [1] indicates that the Italian food purchaser is less likely to purchase genetically modified food products than the consumer in the Unites States. To date, the United States has managed to avoid food scares such as the mad cow disease and the other food safety scares that have plagued Europe. Americans are much more confident about the safety of their food supply and trust government regulation more. This confidence has led American consumers to be more accepting of genetically ...
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Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 2006
The paper explores the structural changes, in response to internationalization, in an important t... more The paper explores the structural changes, in response to internationalization, in an important traditional activity (food chain, meat processing) in a typical ‘district area’. In the paper, attention is focused on the ‘Institutional structure of production’ (Coase, R. 1992) and the cluster is considered as a whole, as a complex economic player, capable of generating coherent action, regulated by institutional
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... Part 2) of Fig. 2 summa-rises this situation, where simple co-operation may increase the in-t... more ... Part 2) of Fig. 2 summa-rises this situation, where simple co-operation may increase the in-tensity of use per hour worked from 0.66 to 1, for both workers; this allows the activation of a new process, without using additional workers. The result will be 30 lots of final product. ...
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