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The Food Industry Center



College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

Past Research
The Food Industry Center supports faculty and student research around the University of Minnesota. Projects that have been funded in the past are listed in this section.
  • The Effects of ECR Implementation on Internal Organizational Structure and Inter- organizational Relationships in the Retail Food Sector (Phase I and II) -- Professor Robert King, Dept. of Applied Economics

  • Productivity and the Transfer of Organizational Knowledge in the Retail Food Industry -- Professors Srilata Zaheer and Diane Liang, Dept. of Strategic Management and Organization

  • Changing Interfirm Relationships in the Retail Food Industry: The Role of Structure and Process, and Implications for Performance -- Professor Akbar Zaheer, Dept. of Strategic Management and Organization

  • An Analysis of the Structure of Earnings in the Retail Foodstore Industry -- Professors Jay Coggins and Ben Senauer, Dept. of Applied Economics

  • The Organization of Work and Human Resource Practices in the Retail Food Industry -- Professor Avner Ben-Ner, Industrial Relations Center

  • The Acquisition and Development of Competence in Efficient Consumer Response and Environmental Management in the Retail Grocery Industry -- Professor Alfred Marcus, Dept. of Strategic Management and Organization

  • Examining Vertical Arrangements in the Retail Food Industry -- Professor Akshay Rao, Dept. of Marketing and Logistics Management

  • Human Resources and Labor Relations in Supermarkets -- Professor John Budd, Industrial Relations Center

  • Models for Competitive Evaluation of Manufacturing Plants in the Food Processing Industry -- Professor Kingshuk K. Sinha, Dept. of Operations and Management Science

  • Shelf Labeling of Organic Foods: What is the Effect on Sales Volume and Consumer Perceptions -- Professor Marla Reicks, Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition

  • Consumer and Market Basket Profiling and its Effects on Store Formats -- Professors Jean Kinsey and Ben Senauer, Dept. of Applied Economics

  • Analysis of TTI Effectiveness in Improving the Quality Delivered in the Retail Food Distribution System -- Professor Ted Labuza, Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition

  • Decomposing Changes in the Retail Food Wage Distribution, 1983-1993: A Semi-Parametric Analysis -- Professors John Budd and Brian McCall, Industrial Relations Center, Carlson School of Management

  • Cross Cultural Food Consumption and Marketing Practices: A Comparative Review of Individualistic vs. Collectivist Societies and Developed vs. Transition Economies -- Professor Michael Houston, Dept. of Marketing and Logistics Management

  • Managing the Quality of Electronic Services: Drivers of Consumer Value in Electronic Food Retailing Services, by Professor Kingshuk K. Sinha, Dept. of Operations and Management Sciences.