Analysis of the Competitiveness of the Pork Industry in Denmark
Analysis of the competitiveness of the pork industry in Denmark
By: Gianluca Selva Food and Resource Economics Institute, KVL Denmark
Paper prepared for presentation at the 99th seminar of the EAAE (European Association of Agricultural Economists), “The Future of Rural Europe in the Global Agri-Food System”, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 24-27, 2005
Copyright 2005 by [Gianluca Selva]. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies.
EAAE XIth CONGRESS - COPENHAGEN
Analysis of the competitiveness of the pork industry in Denmark
By: Gianluca Selva
Food and Resource Economics Institute, KVL Denmark Abstract
Now days in the pig industry as well as in other agro food sectors is the competitiveness that declare the success or failure on the global market. In the case of the pig industry, to be competitive it means to be able to offer a product of higher quality than rivals, but at similar price. The Danish pig industry has reached this level of competitiveness mainly thanks to its forward vertical integrated production chain. This specific coordination, besides than to reduce the transaction costs, push toward a production of excellent quality, that can be promptly adjusted according to the consumers demand.
Keywords : Competitiveness, Danish Pork Industry, Vertical Integration
1 Introduction
Recently, many articles have been written about the Danish pork industry, this attention was justified from the fact that such a small country could have a pig production of five times its population and at the same time could be the world biggest exporter of pork. The purpose of the previous studies carried out, was that to describe the characteristic coordination between the several stages of the production chain and through what mechanisms the vertical integration in the industry could affects the transaction costs and their
By: Gianluca Selva Food and Resource Economics Institute, KVL Denmark
Paper prepared for presentation at the 99th seminar of the EAAE (European Association of Agricultural Economists), “The Future of Rural Europe in the Global Agri-Food System”, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 24-27, 2005
Copyright 2005 by [Gianluca Selva]. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies.
EAAE XIth CONGRESS - COPENHAGEN
Analysis of the competitiveness of the pork industry in Denmark
By: Gianluca Selva
Food and Resource Economics Institute, KVL Denmark Abstract
Now days in the pig industry as well as in other agro food sectors is the competitiveness that declare the success or failure on the global market. In the case of the pig industry, to be competitive it means to be able to offer a product of higher quality than rivals, but at similar price. The Danish pig industry has reached this level of competitiveness mainly thanks to its forward vertical integrated production chain. This specific coordination, besides than to reduce the transaction costs, push toward a production of excellent quality, that can be promptly adjusted according to the consumers demand.
Keywords : Competitiveness, Danish Pork Industry, Vertical Integration
1 Introduction
Recently, many articles have been written about the Danish pork industry, this attention was justified from the fact that such a small country could have a pig production of five times its population and at the same time could be the world biggest exporter of pork. The purpose of the previous studies carried out, was that to describe the characteristic coordination between the several stages of the production chain and through what mechanisms the vertical integration in the industry could affects the transaction costs and their