International comparisons of product supply chains in the agro-food sectors: determinants of their competitiveness and performance on EU and international markets
Public support
Provider
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Programme
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Call for proposals
FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage
Main participants
Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze / Provozně ekonomická fakulta
Contest type
RP - Co-financing of EC programme
Contract ID
MSMT-42111/2013
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
International comparisons of product supply chains in the agro-food sectors: determinants of their competitiveness and performance on EU and international markets
Annotation in Czech
The project will deliver a coherent and innovative evaluation of competitiveness of European food chains by integrating various new approaches. Based on this, the research results allows to deduce a congruent, coherent and consistent set of policy recommendations aiming at improving competitiveness and promoting the Knowledge Based Bio-Economy in Europe. The analysis is conducted along two lines, (1) conception and indicators of competitiveness and (2) its determinants. In the first part a comprehensivedefinition of competitiveness will be developed by integrating the finding from selected theoretical micro and macro approaches. In this respect the conventional conception will be extended by moving from the industry to the value chain perspective andconsidering commodities as well as intermediary and final products. This framework constitutes the basis for the empirical analysis, where the EU position on world markets will be discussed in relation to that of major competitors. The second part dealswith selected determinants of competitiveness. These include policy intervention and business environment, productivity in agriculture and food processing, the functioning of domestic and international markets, the choice of governance structures as wellas innovative activities in food processing. The investigation of each determinant will be innovative and extends the state of the art by deepening the theoretical backgrounds, extending the methodological approaches or applying empirical methods for the first time. The analysis of the determinants will contribute significantly to be better and deeper understanding of competitiveness and the deduction of policy recommendations. Research will be conducted by a team that was constituted according to theneeds of the research project. Each partner is a designated expert in his/her area of research. Past co-operations among partners assure that all tasks will be arranged target-oriented in due time.
Scientific branches
R&D category
ZV - Basic research
CEP classification - main branch
GA - Agricultural economics
CEP - secondary branch
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CEP - another secondary branch
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OECD FORD - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
50201 - Economic Theory<br>50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics<br>50203 - Industrial relations<br>50204 - Business and management<br>50205 - Accounting<br>50206 - Finance
Completed project evaluation
Provider evaluation
U - Uspěl podle zadání (s publikovanými či patentovanými výsledky atd.)
Project results evaluation
Following the condition that the candidate of financial contribution was evaluated and afterwards selected by international provider in accordance with the rules of the program the Ministry of Education, Youth ans Sports does not realize the evaluation of project results. The project is evaluated only after its approval by an international provider.
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Jan 1, 2013
Realization period - end
Sep 30, 2015
Project status
U - Finished project
Latest support payment
Mar 20, 2014
Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP16-MSM-7E-U/01:1
Data delivery date
Oct 6, 2017
Finance
Total approved costs
1,213 thou. CZK
Public financial support
1,213 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK