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The integration of quality and safety concerns in the wine industry: the role of third-party voluntary certifications

2016

Abstract Over the past few years, public attention has focused on the quality and safety control, traceability, and environmental issues surrounding food products. Several mandatory public standards and private voluntary schemes worldwide have been developed to address these concerns. Using survey data, this paper analyses the key factors affecting the adoption of voluntary quality standards in the wine industry and the existence of a relationship between the adoption of voluntary quality standards and economic performance, measured in terms of labour productivity and marketing behaviour. The survey involved 89 cellars, of which 68 were non-certified and 21 had one or more food quality cert…

Index (economics)TraceabilityStrategy and Managementmedia_common.quotation_subjectThird party voluntary certificationWineriesCertification010501 environmental sciences01 natural sciencesIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSettore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo Rurale0502 economics and businessEconomicsQuality (business)MarketingProductivity0105 earth and related environmental sciencesGeneral Environmental Sciencemedia_commonRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment05 social sciencesQuality management systemInternationalizationQuality management systemSurvey data collection050203 business & managementJournal of Cleaner Production
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A fact-finding investigation on Sicilian wine firms attitude towards third party voluntary certifications: motivations and alternative impact assessm…

2015

In the last few decades an increasing emphasis of public and private organization on quality and safety control, on traceability of food products and on environmental issues, has been registered. Mandatory public standards and private voluntary today drive this process in order to assure food safety and traceability standards. The aim of this work is to analyze the main reasons that drives some Sicilian wineries in the adoption of quality voluntary standards, and comparing their economic attitudes and performance with those firms not certified. Results show a very similar performance patterns among the two groups of firms, highlighting a series of differences that are not directly attributa…

Quality management systemSettore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo RuraleThird party voluntary certificationWineries.
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