2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.02.008
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Factors affecting the adoption of quality assurance systems in small food enterprises

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“…Small businesses, as defined in section 1, will have two years to comply, very small businesses must comply within three years, and other businesses would have to comply within one year after publication of the final rules. Participants of the study suggested that the timeline might be a challenge for the small food facilities, as the evolution of employee capabilities and skills would take time beyond the defined deadlines (Bas, Yüksel, & Çavusoglu, 2007;Karipidis, Athanassiadis, Aggelopoulos, & Giompliakis, 2009). Similar concerns have been reported by others (Mortlock, Peters, & Griffith, 1999;Panisello, Quantick, & Knowles, 1999;Ward, 2001).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Small businesses, as defined in section 1, will have two years to comply, very small businesses must comply within three years, and other businesses would have to comply within one year after publication of the final rules. Participants of the study suggested that the timeline might be a challenge for the small food facilities, as the evolution of employee capabilities and skills would take time beyond the defined deadlines (Bas, Yüksel, & Çavusoglu, 2007;Karipidis, Athanassiadis, Aggelopoulos, & Giompliakis, 2009). Similar concerns have been reported by others (Mortlock, Peters, & Griffith, 1999;Panisello, Quantick, & Knowles, 1999;Ward, 2001).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Previous studies investigating the factors of the internal business environment that have an impact on farmers' certification-related decisions also identified some market and public policy factors (Karipidis et al 2009;Asfaw et al 2010a, b;Masakure et al 2011;Muriithi et al 2011;Kersting and Wollni 2012;Karipidis and Tselempis 2014;Soltani et al 2014;Veldstra et al 2014). We select thirteen factors of the external business environment identified in these studies and we also add three factors that we identified in some in-depth interviews with producers as crucial in order to examine the research hypotheses.…”
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“…MARKET conditions Customers are interested in certified products Karipidis et al 2009 Buyers demand for implementation of QMS Asfaw et al 2010a;Kersting and Wollni 2012 Buyers demand minimum quality requirements Absence of provision of appropriate information/ technical support Asfaw et al 2010b;Veldstra et al 2014;Muriithi et al 2011 Penalisation and control exerted by the authorities Reardon et al 2003 implementing QMS to render the product more competitive and to reduce price uncertainty. The exertion of control and imposition of fines on behalf of buyers impel farmers to implement a QMS so as to avoid penalisation.…”
Section: Factors Referencementioning
confidence: 99%
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