| Fødevareøkonomisk Institut | |||||||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Bachelor 2. år til Bachelor 3. år | ||||||||||||||||
| Varighed | En blok | ||||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Bachelorkursus | ||||||||||||||||
| Eksamen | Sluteksamen skriftlig og mundtlig eksamen Skriftlig auditorieeksamen Alle hjælpemidler tilladt Beskrivelse af eksamen: 4 hour written exam Written project Vægtning: 70% Written exam 30% Written project 13-skala, intern censur Eksamensdatoer: 27 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rammer for undervisning | Lectures Self-study of industry reports & data Project report | ||||||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | Block 2 Ugestruktur: B | ||||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||||
| Anbefalede forudsætninger | Economics of Food Poduction | ||||||||||||||||
| Kompetenceområder | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic Science: Elements of Basic Economics, and scientific methodology Applied Science: The organization fo food markets, technology and competition. Ethics & Values A part of this course is Industrial Policy. This gives the students the opportunity to learn applied welfare optimization. | |||||||||||||||||
| Kursets målsætning | |||||||||||||||||
| This Course has two-fold purpose: a. Offer a picture of the Market environment where Danish Agriculture and food industry operate b. Provide the necessary tools of industrial organization theory to understand price discovery and market performance It integrates production theory down to markets and industry | |||||||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||||||
| CONSUMER BEHAVIOR Understanding Consumer Behavior Satisfaction, and Profitability The Attributes approach. ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FOOD SECTORS Food processing, wholesaling, and retailing Supply chain management in the food marketing system. INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM: Vertical coordination Mergers and Acquisitions Cooperatives COMPETITION IN FOOD MARKETS Understanding competition Industrial organization issues: Perfect Competition Monopoly Oligopoly Price discrimination Product differentiation Structure-Conduct-Performance EUROPEAN AND WORLD FOOD MARKETS Description and Trends in European Markets: Meat, Dairy, Grains, Fruits & Vegetables Organics COMPETITION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE DANISH FOOD INDUSTRY The Structure of Farms The Processing Industry Innovation and Product Differentiation The Danish Farm Cooperative System The Retail Sector Organics | |||||||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||||||
| The teaching is based on lectures that presents central elements of the course curricullum. Furthermore the students will work individual or in groups solving both practical and theoretical exercises. Also in groups the students will do project work under the supervision. There will be Food insustry visits duing the course. | |||||||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. D.I. Padberg; C. Ritson; L.M. Albisu, "Agro-Food Marketing", Wallingford, Oxon: CAB INTERNATIONAL 2. Industry Reports 3. Industry Data | |||||||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||||
| Kostas Karantininis, kok@life.ku.dk, Fødevareøkonomisk Institut/Afdeling for Produktion og Teknologi, Tlf: 35332276 | |||||||||||||||||
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