The growing interest of consumers and the constant pressure from customers to meet the demand, has increased the need to search for a strategy that creates the ability to stay competitive while being profitable and meeting the changing demands. Poultry processing companies need the ability to react quickly …

Paper presented at the International Sustainability Transitions conference 2018 (12-14 june) Manchester, UK. The Dutch agrifood regime is grinding to a halt. International economic pressures force Dutch farmers to further scale up and intensify their businesses, while food scandals and calamities as …

This research project is a requirement for the fulfilment of a bachelor’s degree in international business studies at the Hogeschool Utrecht. The study is an export plan for B2C Europe’s Spanish branch, and it is written to investigate if the branch could successfully expand its services to the European …

As environmental concerns becoming increasingly important to logistics service providers, the question arises as to how they can achieve sustainable physical distribution practices while surviving the severe competition in freight transport. This issue is further complicated by the pressures from the …

The Greenery BV trades, packs, stores and transports fruit and vegetable for customers throughout the hole of Europe. The customers of The Greenery BV belong to the largest retailers in Europe. The project is executed in the distribution office of location Barendrecht. Within the distribution office …

New Dutch agrifood business models are emerging in response to economic, social and ecological pressures: new players arrive, new logistical pathways come to the fore and innovative consumer and farmer relationships – food coöperatives – are forged. How do new business models relate to reconfiguring …