Author : William Smith Greig
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Book Synopsis Economics and Management of Food Processing by : William Smith Greig
Download or read book Economics and Management of Food Processing written by William Smith Greig and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food industry size and some aspects of consumer food expenditures in the United States; Size of the food processing industry; Growth in the food processing industry; Profitability and other financial operating rations in the food processing industry; Government policy toward food marketing; The markets for foods in the United States; Product competition and new product development; Some new food processing technologies; Changing locations in the food processing industry and measurement of important cost factors affecting changes; Productivity in the U.S. Food Industries, with policy options to increase productivity; Managing commodity price risks in the food industry; The changing structure of the food processing industry: description, causes, impacts, and policy alternatives; Reasons for increased emphasis on exports and private U.S. investment in foreign agribusiness enterprises with some sources of assistance; Summary and speculations on the future.