CHANGES IN THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION NETWORK IN TOKYO, JAPAN

The Japanese food distribution network is more complex than other developed nations. This not only makes retail food prices more expensive but can make market entry for foreign companies difficult. In part demographic, cultural, economic, and institutional factors have led to the development of the existing system, and are playing a role in its change. U.S. businesses are not passive in the outcome of the future system. Japan relies heavily on food imports yet demands a high quality and stable source of supplies. Businesses that meet that demand will be an effective part of the future distribution system.Agribusiness,

MEASURING STRATEGIC INTENT IN THE SOUTH TEXAS FOOD MARKETING INDUSTRY

Binomial and multinomial logit analysis is applied to data collected from questionnaires to measure strategic intent in the food marketing industry. Questions were framed based on data from the U.S. Department of Commerce's "County Business Patterns" reports and from best-practice studies. Question topics were placed into a competitive strategy framework following the 1998 work of Porter. Results indicate a strategic focus on outbound logistics and market pricing at the direct value level. Indirect activities focus on human capacity and firm infrastructure, particularly expanding internationally. Firms are adopting information technologies as a competitive strategy, and are doing so as part of a combined strategy to develop human assets.food marketing, industrial organization, information technology, strategy, Marketing,

Collaborative practice in enhancing the first year student experience in higher education

Transition into higher education presents challenges for students, whatever their age or previous educational history. An emerging issue on an undergraduate programme in England was how to support students who self reported educational histories of continual formative feedback, model answers, revision guides and limited use of the library. This article reports findings from an action research project which considered whether there was a mismatch between students’ previous educational histories and the academic expectations of the university. Findings indicated that academic expectations did not fully take account of previous student experiences. Student responses also indicated little previous guidance around effective internet searching and libraries were rarely used prior to starting university. Transitional scaffolding was positively evaluated, students reporting greater confidence levels in accessing appropriate resources, high levels of student completion, retention and satisfactio

Seelands and Sai Yok Pebble Tools: A Further Consideration

Analysis and limitations in comparisons of pebble tool industries of Seelands, and Sai Yok. This paper addresses questions concerning unifacial pebble tools and connections with the pebble tool assemblages of Late Pleistocene and post-Pleistocene of South-East Asia, especially those of the 'Hoabinhian technocomplex'

Notice of General Meeting

Notice of General Meeting, by the Honorary Secretary

Notes from the Secretary

Notes from the Secretary of the journal

OPTIMAL STOCKING OF RANGELAND FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION WITHIN A DYNAMIC FRAMEWORK

A dynamic model is constructed and utilized to illustrate the interactions of several primary dynamic ecologic and economic relationships that are important in effective rangeland management. Within this context, the implications of various range management strategies are explored.Livestock Production/Industries,

Generation of office buildings in large scale virtual worlds

Virtual worlds are used in many different areas, from military training simulations to massive multiplayer online role-playing games. In the past, the sizes of these worlds was limited by the power of the computers that ran them as well as the man-hours needed to draw them. However, as computers have become more powerful, the limiting fctor has become the man-hours needed to manually draw every object in such a world. So there is now a need for large scale, traversable, dynamic, algorithmically generated virtual worlds. For these worlds to be realistic, cities need to be generated, and for these cities to be relistic, they must have commercial office buildings (skyscrapers, office parks, etc.). Previous research in this area has been solely on generating the outsides of commercial buildings, with no focus on the inside features of the buildings. This research aims to generate both the insides and the outsides of commercial office buildings, with the dual goals of realism and usability

Meeting of the Australian Archaeological Association held in Melbourne

Details of meeting agenda for the Association of Archaeologists