Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Meng-Shiunn LEE Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Business Administration, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C. Title: Critical success factors influencing the transformation of the agricultural biotechnology industry in Taiwan Abstract: The study uses the fuzzy Delphi and FANP (fuzzy analysis network process) methods to integrate the views of experts from enterprises and academia regarding the future direction of the agricultural biotechnology industry in Taiwan, in order to extract the critical success factors influencing its transformation. This study compares the differences in the "cross-domain" and "non-cross-domain" critical success factors, and expects that the research results could be a decision-making reference for both the industry and the government. The research results show that the cross-domain critical factor that influence the transformation of the agricultural biotechnology industry in Taiwan are sequentially: a stable source of raw materials, control of the trend of market demand, a new production equipment, the capability in supporting upstream and downstream industries, the integration of the human resources of the upstream, midstream, and downstream industries, and the capability in marketing and promotion. The non-cross-domain critical factors are sequentially: the capacity to establish the system of product technology, the capacity to control intellectual property rights, a perfect educational system, the capacity to carry out risk management of the new product development, the competence in cultivating the capacity of technical and R&D personnel, and laws and regulations. Keywords: agricultural biotechnology industry, transformation, critical success factors Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 249-263 Volume: 58 Issue: 6 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/60/2011-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/60/2011-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201206-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:58:y:2012:i:6:id:60-2011-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jaroslav KITA Author-Workplace-Name: Marketing Department, Trade Faculty, University of Economics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Author-Name: Katarína MÁZIKOVÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Accounting and Audit Department, Faculty of Economic Informatics, University of Economics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Author-Name: Marta GROSSMANOVÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Department of English language, Faculty of Applied Languages, University of Economics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Author-Name: Pavol KITA Author-Workplace-Name: Marketing Department, Trade Faculty, University of Economics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Title: Trade practices of retail chains as far as the transaction cost analysis in relationships manufacturer - retailer are concerned in the milk industry Abstract: The primary purpose of this article is to discuss the trade practices used by retail chains from the point of view of the possible solutions of conflicts between the members of the distribution channel, which have an influence on selling prices for the end users. It is based on the knowledge of the theory of the transaction cost analysis, which makes it possible for the members of the distribution channel to make decisions on the number of forms of the organization in order to realize their activities successfully. In this framework and using the example of milk, the article shows the trade practices of retail chains to improve the relationships manufacturer - retailer in the Slovak consumer market. Keywords: manufacturer-retailer relationship, retail chain, purchasing department, transaction cost analysis, milk products, Slovak food market, milk industry Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 264-274 Volume: 58 Issue: 6 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/61/2011-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/61/2011-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201206-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:58:y:2012:i:6:id:61-2011-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Vladimír JENÍČEK Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Globalisation - challenges, rewards, question Abstract: Globalisation is at the beginning of the new century a double-edged weapon: a strong driving force of economic growth, the development of new technologies and the growth of the level of living in the poor as well as rich countries, but also a controversory process which damages national sovereignty, undermines the local culture and traditions and presents a threat of the economic and social non-stability. The key question of the 21st century then is, whether the states will be able to keep the process under control or whether they will become its victims. Keywords: globalisation, positives, problems, asymmetry, risks, agrarian dimension of globalisation Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 275-284 Volume: 58 Issue: 6 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/102/2011-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/102/2011-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201206-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:58:y:2012:i:6:id:102-2011-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Boštjan KERBLER Author-Workplace-Name: Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia Title: Factors affecting farm succession: the case of Slovenia Abstract: Slovenia, like other developed countries, is characterized by the fact that the number of farm takeovers is decreasing and farms are not being transferred to successors in a timely manner. As an EU member state, Slovenia is entitled to financial incentives intended to halt or at least ameliorate this trend, but the situation is nonetheless not improving. This article proceeds from the hypothesis that economic factors are not the only ones that affect succession on Slovenian farms. The hypothesis was confirmed in a study limited to mountain farms. It was determined that, although economic factors have a significant effect on succession on Slovenian farms, at the same time other factors also affect this. Among these, the factors that stand out the most are those through which tradition or traditional thought and behavioral patterns are expressed, as well as the factors that express the standpoints, perceptions, and opinions of farm owners. Keywords: farm succession, farm takeover, timing of succession, Slovenia Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 285-298 Volume: 58 Issue: 6 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/47/2011-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/47/2011-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201206-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:58:y:2012:i:6:id:47-2011-AGRICECON