Analysis and Valuation of Hospital Foodservice Quality-the Perugia case-study

The hospital catering is characterized for the necessity to satisfy the nutritional and dietetic principles, and the several therapeutic requirements of the patient.The main problem is to coordinate the production with the always various number of the requirements. On the other hand,emerging of competition forms in the sanitary field,based on the possibility of chosen of the structure cure from the customer and on the prices and tariffs system,has open new spaces for the recovery of a strategic perspective of the public sanitary companies respect private sector. Always mainly,the hospital companies must centralize own ttention so is minimal the difference between planned quality, distributed quality and perceived quality. The present work offers,through a public opinion pull on a specific case, a first attempt to tie the satisfaction or not satisfaction of a consumer regarding the sanitary service,on the base of some qualitatative variable. The innovation of this work consist of a index series created from the hospital documents and patient judgment (questionnaire) to establish a gap between planned and perceived quality

Evaluation of policy measures for agri-food networks in Italian rural development programmes

The agri-food sector is characterized by very heterogeneous agreements and formal and informal contracts aimed to create stable relationships among firms. In this scenario, the actors are linked by common interest in creating and distributing added value. In the network, the risk and the responsibilities are shared by the participants and the transaction costs are reduced by the presence of dynamic flows of information and knowledge. Consequently, the creation and development of agri-food networks is a main objective of regional administration in their Rural Development Plans. The article item is the presentation and the discussion of the methodology used for the evaluation of Integrated Measures Project (Progetti Integrati di Filiera, PIF) presented by firm networks and agri-food chains in Veneto. The result are demonstrated extremely interesting about the understanding of PIF. Moreover, the comparative study serve to understand the result in terms of competitive advantage and income for the farmers.agri-food networking, food-chain policy, Rural Development Programme, Agricultural and Food Policy, Q18,

L’analisi della domanda degli oli extravergine d’oliva in Italia Un’applicazione del modello A.I.D.S.

The search of a theoretical model of the behaviour to the consumption, most possible near the evidence of the truth, is at the base of the Demand’s theory. Various scientific approaches to the pattern of the preferences of the consumers and the choices of consumption have been implemented.The extravirgin olive oil market characterizes for a marked dichotomy between little great companies and most numerous smalls businessmen. The first ones have an extension on all territory, while the little ones are legacies to local niches. Moreover, from the data emerged, acquire significance, to the aims of the competitive context, the promotion strategies, particularly used in the supermarket channel. Also in this case, a strong discrepancy is showed between the use promotion lever of the great companies, plus continuous, regarding the small enterprises. It’s strategic, like in other sectors, the increasing role that are assuming the Marches trades, or like market shares (in constant increase on all territory), or like privileged management of the advertising lever. At last, extravirgin olive oil sector is clearly still characterized from a remarkable elasticity of the pricing effect on the volumes of expenditure

L’analisi della domanda degli oli extravergine d’oliva in Italia Un’applicazione del modello A.I.D.S.

The search of a theoretical model of the behaviour to the consumption, most possible near the evidence of the truth, is at the base of the Demand’s theory. Various scientific approaches to the pattern of the preferences of the consumers and the choices of consumption have been implemented.The extravirgin olive oil market characterizes for a marked dichotomy between little great companies and most numerous smalls businessmen. The first ones have an extension on all territory, while the little ones are legacies to local niches. Moreover, from the data emerged, acquire significance, to the aims of the competitive context, the promotion strategies, particularly used in the supermarket channel. Also in this case, a strong discrepancy is showed between the use promotion lever of the great companies, plus continuous, regarding the small enterprises. It’s strategic, like in other sectors, the increasing role that are assuming the Marches trades, or like market shares (in constant increase on all territory), or like privileged management of the advertising lever. At last, extravirgin olive oil sector is clearly still characterized from a remarkable elasticity of the pricing effect on the volumes of expenditure

Label information and consumer behaviour: evidence on drinking milk sector

AbstractThe purpose of the research is to evaluate the impact of different kinds of information disclosures of milk labels, investigating the interest among consumers based on their consumption behaviours and characteristics. In this research, all the actions which lead to a healthiness, become expressions of a production process, among which consumers' food choices, purchase, preparation, and also self-production. Therefore, in the "health creation" production process, information and knowledge about food become "investments". In this context, label disclosures become a tangible expression of this kind of "investment". The research question is: what impact do purchase preferences and consumers' characteristics have on their interest towards the label information provided? Several information disclosures, both mandatory and voluntary, are investigated. Therefore, some choice attributes will be analysed as indicators of the consumer's behaviour in relation to his investment in food information. The methodology used for the analysis is an Ordered Logit. The analysis of the consumer's behaviour has been performed by transposing Ménard's analysis of firm corporate governance (Ménard, Agribus. 34:142–160, 2018) to the consumer as producer of welfare equity. The reduction of information asymmetry is a cost for the producer, and this research may be able to measure how much it would be convenient to invest in this reduction, based on the analysis of the consumer's behaviour toward his personal investment in food information acquisition

Obesity Epidemics: The Potential Role of Retailing Sector in Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

After a deep review of the main economic studies and applications about the emerging problem of obesity, this paper focuses on a particular aspect of the issue: the improvement of FRUIT AND VEGETABLE purchasing in retailing sector. First of all it has been analyzed the actual presence of strategies aimed at improving FRUIT AND VEGETABLE consumption in the main retailing companies operating in Italy. Then the study investigates the role of price in consumers’ purchasing choices. High price elasticity of fruit and vegetable products could suggest the implementation of lower prices to consumers instead of implementing other policy interventions.The methodology is based on qualitative and quantitative research methods. In particular, in depth interviews to retailing sector experts have been run to gather useful insights about retailers’ management of FRUIT AND VEGETABLE department. Then quantitative analysis on IRI data about FRUIT AND VEGETABLE consumption in Italy has been conducted to evaluate the influence of price on consumers’ attitude towards FRUIT AND VEGETABLE. The results obtained provide meaningful insights to formulate marketing strategies and policy interventions

Lo scenario competitivo degli oli extravergine di oliva nel canale della GDO

The technological innovations of the project VALOROLIO act as an integrated package of interventions at the system load of extra virgin olive oil extraction and treatment processes of all products with a view to their economic value. The pitting of the olives allows a substantial modification of the extraction process with the production of new products, almond and peanut, as well as the modification of the quali-quantitative traditional products (virgin olive residues pitted, vegetation waters rich in polyphenols) which guarantee pet food uses and pharmaceutical. The economic unit in the course of the project assessed the economic effects of innovation on the entire supply chain by identifying the critical points is that the business opportunities. Here, the limited space available, will be presented the microeconomic analysis documenting the opportunities offered by technological innovatio

Fundamental limits on anomalous energy flows in correlated quantum systems

In classical thermodynamics energy always flows from the hotter system to the colder one. However, if these systems are initially correlated, the energy flow can reverse, making the cold system colder and the hot system hotter. This intriguing phenomenon is called ``anomalous energy flow'' and shows the importance of initial correlations in determining physical properties of thermodynamic systems. Here we investigate the fundamental limits of this effect. Specifically, we find the optimal amount of energy that can be transferred between quantum systems under closed and reversible dynamics, which then allows us to characterize the anomalous energy flow. We then explore a more general scenario where the energy flow is mediated by an ancillary quantum system that acts as a catalyst. We show that this approach allows for exploiting previously inaccessible types of correlations, ultimately resulting in an energy transfer that surpasses our fundamental bound. To demonstrate these findings, we use a well-studied quantum optics setup involving two atoms coupled to an optical cavity.Comment: 5+3 pages. Comments welcome

L'analisi della competitività degli oli extravergine di oliva nel canale della GDO

The reasons for choosing and buying an extra virgin olive oil come from the identification of attributes differentials versus the competition, makers of the value perceived by the consumer of that product, ie a high benefit / cost ratio that leads to that specific product be regained in the course of time. However, you can analyze customer satisfaction in the absence of individual sales data, analyzing the evolution of some indicators of sales in the ro-complex. And the ultimate goal is merely to determine a good customer sati-sfAction that has as main effect, in addition to a stabilization of the customer portfolio, including an increase in market share and therefore an increase in competitivenes

Methods and instruments for value perceptions. The conjoint analysis applied to the wine packaging.

This work tries to provide a path to describe the modern marketing research and, at the same time, it tries to examine carefully in which context, a firm can be supported by marketing strategies focused to the consumers. Between different methods examined, the Conjoint analysis has resulted the most effective. It shows an precise description of the consumer perception and behaviour. This method has been chosen to evaluate how the features of a wine packaging can influence consumer purchasing. The research has shown that the label is the most important variable, which can prevalently influence the consumer product perception