Country-of-origin preferences of distribution channel gatekeepers when sourcing food imports were investigated using in-depth interviews in five European markets. Channel member perceptions of product-country image related more to specific issues of confidence and trust in integrity of production, certification and regulatory systems than to country image stereotypes. This study integrates these trust-determining factors with price-perceived value constructs in order to build a comprehensive model applicable to food channel gatekeepers. Journal of International Business Studies (2007) 38, 107–125. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400250

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Bioscience, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Society (BIOS) at the London School of Economics convened the group to design, analyse and interpret Eurobarometer 64.3 on Biotechnology.

Models of insolvency are important for managers who may not appreciate how serious the financial health of their company is becoming until it is too late to take effective action. Multivariate discriminant analysis and artificial neural network are utilized in this study to create an insolvency predictive model that could effectively predict any future failure of a finance company and validated in New Zealand . Financial ratios obtained from corporate balance sheets are used as independent variables while failed/non-failed company is the dependent variable. The results indicate the financial ratios of failed companies differ significantly from non-failed companies. Failed companies were also less profitable and less liquid and had higher leverage ratios and lower quality assets.