Investment management in the dairy industry

Management Science in the NZ dairy industry

We examine the historical relation of logistics to strategy in the NZ dairy industry, with special emphasis on OR/MS applications. We review the various ways in which efficiency has been realized in logistics in the industry (mostly through recourse to OR/MS). We especially dwell on how the structure (e.g., operating mechanisms) of the NZ dairy industry has supported and/or hindered the focus o...

Strategic Management of the Investment Process in the Agricultural Sector (for Example, Agricultural Enterprises and the Food Industry)

The article presents the results of a study of the nature and characteristics of investment processes in the agricultural sector (by the example of agriculture and food industry in Ukraine), as well as recommendations on the modernization of the mechanisms for strategic management of these processes. It is noted that the restoration and development of Ukraine is possible on the basis of the eff...

The functional and spatial structure of the investment management industry

Most pension funds use an extensive array of service providers to administer and manage their ®nancial assets. In this paper, I sketch a `map' of the functional structure of service provision and the apparent spatial con®guration of those elements. Theoretically, the paper could be thought inspired by Richardson, Coase and Williamson, but goes on to consider three substantive issues particular ...

Decentralized Investment Management: Evidence from the Pension Fund Industry

Decentralized Investment Management: Evidence from the Pension Fund Industry The past few decades have seen a major shift from centralized to decentralized investment management by pension fund sponsors, despite the increased coordination problems that this brings. Using a unique, proprietary dataset of pension sponsors and managers, we identify two secular decentralization trends: sponsors swi...

The Tanzania Dairy Industry