The determinants of firm profitability differences in EU food processing

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 703-721

  Hirsch, Stefan ^a   Schiefer, Jan ^a   Gschwandtner, Adelina ^b   Hartmann, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food industry; Hierarchical linear model; ROA; Variance decomposition

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROFITABILITY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84906326580     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12061     Document Type: Article

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