SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report

Status: Approved

Basic Information

Participants

Albert Allen Mississippi State University Jay Akridge Purdue University Gregory Baker Santa Clara University, CA David Barton Kansas State University Kevin Bernhardt UW_Platteville Arlo Biere Kansas State University Mike Boehlje Purdue University Michael Boland Kansas State University John Brooker University of Tennessee Larry Burt Oregon State Jim Casey CSU-Fresno Fabio Chaddad Washington State Unviversity Duncan M Chembezi Alabama A&M Dennis Conley University of Nebraska Athony Crooks USDA Francisco Diaz-Hermelo Purdue University Bill Dobson Wisconsin-Madison Frank Dooley Purdue University Yann Duval Washington State Unviversity Ed Estes North Carolina State University Gary F. Fairchild University of Florida Wojciech Florkowski University of Georgia Joan Fulton Purdue University Jose Garcia-Vega Universidad de Monterey Wayne Gauthier Lousiana State University Brent Gloy Cornell University Peter Goldsmith Illinois Hamisch Gow Illinois Allan Gray Purdue University David Hahn Ohio State University James Hagen Cornell University Jill Halfman Tarleton State University Charlie Hall University of Tennessee Sue Hine Colorado State University David Holder USDA-CSREES Neal Hooker Ohio State University Lisa House University of Florida Antonio Torres Jr. Purdue University Don Larson Ohio State University Annette Levi CA State University, Chico Kerry Litzenberg Texas A&M Todd Lone CSU-Chico Conrad Lyford Oklahoma State University Mike Mazzocco Illinois Karl Meilke University of Guelph LeeAnn Moss The Ohio State University Desmond Ng University of Alberta William Nganje North Dakota State University Antonio Nogueira University of Sao Paulo Patrick D. O'Rourke Illinois State Robert Oehrtman Oklahoma State University Lance Oliver University of Ilinois Stacey Olson Tarleton State University Mechel Paggi CSU-Fresno Joe Parcell University of Missouri Art Parker CSU-Pomona Juan Penaherrera Michigan State University Chris Peterson Michigan State University Michael Poray Purdue University Alice Rhea University of Tennessee John Siebert Texas A&M David Smith CSU-Fresno Steve Sonka Illinois Dave Sparling University of Guelph Tom Sporleder Ohio State University Andrew S. Starbird Santa Clara University, CA James Sterns University of Florida Geetanjali Tandon University of Ilinois Eric Thor Arizona State University Mardianto Tjia Steve Torok University of Wyoming Wendy Umberger Colorado State University Cheryl Wachenheim North Dakota State University Mark Wade University of Florida Hank Wallace CSU-Chico Ruby Ward Utah State James Weidman Cal Poly at Pomona Randy Westgren Illinois Glen Whipple University of Wyoming Rick Whitacre Illinois State Paul Wilson University of Arizona Randy Winter Illinois State Ferdinand Wirth University of Florida Keith Woodford Lincoln University, New Zealand Tim Woods University of Kentucky Max Wortman Iowa State University Al Wysocki University of Florida Kimberly Zeuli UW-Madison

This section is divided into three sections: 1) Minutes, 2)Agenda, and 3) Treasurer‘s Report.
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Section 1) Minutes
2002 Annual Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the WCC-72 Meeting, Las Vegas
June, 2002

The meeting began with a business session where the nominating committee was selected. This was followed by a Knowledge Management Industry Focus with Mr. Michael OConnor, a retired executive director of the Food Marketing Institute, speaking. The overall presentation generated a great deal of discussion and questions.

Next were two book reviews on knowledge management: Tom Sporleder reviewed Knowledge Management and Charlie Hall reviewed Fast Food Nation, the latter of which generated a lot of questions and answers.

The afternoon session began with two papers on knowledge management strategy with Desmond Ng first presenting a knowledge-based view of strategy and Hamish Gow then presenting a new model for analyzing how businesses can cooperate to compete in high velocity global markets.

This session was followed by a presentation of knowledge management in Asia with Eric Thor talking about his experiences in China and Jim Hagen presenting his work in Southeast AsiaVietnam.

This was followed by the last paper session of the day including applied research done in the area of knowledge management. David Sparling, Geetanjali Tandon, and LeeAnn Moss all presented research that they had completed in the area. This concluded the first day of the program.

Day two started with a business session where the new secretary for next year was elected. Next years officers include: Charlie Hall as president, Sue Hine, vice chair, Cheryl Wachenheim will be the new secretary and Al Wysocki will continue on as treasurer.

Next was a special panel discussion on outside perspectives of agribusiness research, teaching, and outreach. David Holder of the USDA and Otto Doering, Purdue University helped to provide different insights as individuals outside of the agribusiness discipline. A great deal of questions and comments (as well as areas of concern to pursue) were generated by the discussion following their presentations.

Lisa House next presented research completed on Ph.D. education. She described a survey sent to recent graduates and their responses to issues surrounding their education in the area of agribusiness. Again, many questions were generated and a good discussion followed. Randy Westgren also presented some new ideas about where the discipline is going and offered a lot of food for thought as well as some new perspectives.

The last agenda in the morning was a panel of recent Ph.D. grads who talked about their individual experiences in both their graduate program and new jobshow well prepared they were and their recommendations for other graduates following in their footsteps.

In the afternoon, there were two paper sessions. The first included papers about the vegetable and fruit industry in Guatemalan presented by Juan-Manuel Estrada, a vegetable case study in Colorado presented by Susan Hine, and an IFAS team Update of their recent survey work given by Alice Rhea.

The second and last session was on supply chains in knowledge management and included a paper on vertical coordination and knowledge creation by Antonio Nogueria and Mike Mazzocco reported on a consumer survey completed on consumer responses to GMO foods.

All papers can be downloaded from the WCC-72 website located at:
http://wcc72web:wcc72web@spnode16.nerdc.ufl.edu:8910/SCRIPT/WCC72/scripts/serve_home

Respectfully submitted by

Susan Hine, Secretary WCC-72
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Section 2: Agenda
2002 Meeting Agenda

WCC-72

The Western Coordinating
Committee on Agribusiness

Annual Meeting - June 23-26, 2002
Boardwalk Hotel Casino, Las Vegas, NV www.hiboardwalk.com
Coney Island A, 2nd Level


2002 Executive Committee

President: Peter Goldsmith, U. of Illinois
Pgoldsmi@uiuc.edu
Vice President: Charlie Hall, U. of Tennessee
mailto:crh@utk.edu
Secretary: Sue Hine, Colorado State
suehine@lamar.colostate.edu
Treasurer: Allen Wysocki, U. of Florida
Wysocki@ufl.edu
Ex Officio: Frank Dooley, Purdue U.
and Max Wortman, Iowa State U.


Guest:
Mr. Michael OConnor, Retired Executive Director, Food Marketing Institute


Sunday, June 23, 2002
Informal Drop In 7:00pm to 10:00pm
This is the totally casual hospitality chat in the WCC-72 Presidents Suite (i.e., in Peters hotel room). It is a come & go.

Monday, June 24, 2002
7:15am Registration & Continental Breakfast

7:45am
Business Session#1
Moderator: Peter Goldsmith, U. Illinois
Welcome, Introductions, Selection of the Nominations Committee

8:15 am
Session #1
Knowledge Management Industry Focus
Moderator: Hamish Gow, U. Illinois
Mr. Michael OConnor, Retired Executive Director, Food Marketing Institute

10:00 am Coffee Break

10:15 am
Session #2
Knowledge Management: Asian Agribusiness
Moderator: Max Wortman, Iowa State
1. Eric Thor, ASU. The Western US and China Project
2. Jim Hagen, Cornell. Food Distribution in Southeast Asia

11:45 Lunch - Beacon Tower

1:00 PM
Session #3
Knowledge Management: Strategy
Moderator: Mike Mazzocco, University of Illinois
1. Hamish Gow, U Ill. Cooperating to Compete in High Velocity Global Markets
2. Desmond Ng, U. Alberta. Knowledge-based View of Strategy

2:00 PM
Session #4
Knowledge Management: Book Reviews
Moderator: Dennis Conley, U.Nebraska
1. Charlie Hall, U. Tenn. Fast Food Nation
2. Tom Sporleder, OSU Knowledge Management

3:15 Break
3:30 PM
Session #5:
Knowledge Management: Applied Research
Moderator: Charlie Hall, U. Tennessee
1. David Sparling, U. Guelph. Innovation in Canadian Agri-Food Sector
2. Geetanjali Tandon, U. Illinois Advanced Technology and Knowledge Transfer
3. LeeAnn Moss, OSU. Knowledge Capital, Intangible Assets, and Leverage

4:45pm Posters & Cash Bar
Tuesday, June 25, 2001
7:15am Breakfast
7:45am
Business Session #2
Moderator: Peter Goldsmith, U of Illinois

8:15am
Session #6
Special Panel Discussion
Moderator: Michael Boehlje, Purdue
Outside Perspectives on Agribusiness Research, Teaching, and Outreach
Susan Offutt, Director ERS
David Holder, USDA-CSREES
Otto Doering, Purdue University

9:30am Break

10:00am
Session #7
Ph D Curriculum.
Moderator: Chris Peterson, Michigan State University
1. Lisa House, U. Florida. Agribusiness Research Methods and PhD Education
2. Randy Westgren, U. Illinois. Homosocial Reproduction in PhD Education

11:15am
Session #8
Ph D Curriculum: Panel of PhD Grads
Moderator: Conrad Lyford, Texas Tech University
Lee Anne Moss, OSU
William Nganje, N.D. State
Wendy Umberger, CSU
11:45 Lunch on Your Own

1:15pm
Session #9
Fruit and Vegetable Industry
Joint session with S222.
Moderator: Al Wysocki, University of Florida
Three papers from S222
1. Juan-Manuel Estrada, A Case Study of Guatemalan Raspberries
2. Susan Hine, CSU. A Case Study of Vegetable Growers in Colorado
3. Tim Woods, UK. An IFAS Team Update

2:45pm Coffee Break.

3:00pm
Session #10
Knowledge Management: Supply Chains
Moderator: Allan Gray, Purdue University
1. Antonio Nogueria, Vertical Coordination and Knowledge Creation
2 Mike Mazzocco, University of Illinois. Consumer Response to GMO Foods

4:00pm WCC-72 Program Ends

Wednesday June 26 8:00am - Noon
NC-224 Meeting
Beacon Tower

Wednesday June 26 8:00am  Noon
S222 Meeting
Brighton Beach

Registration Information

The $140.00 registration can be paid in advance (to the University of Florida) and sent to:
Dr. Allen Wysocki, Treasurer
Food & Resource Economics
University of Florida
P.O. Box 110240
Gainesville, FL 32611-0240


The Boardwalk Hotel and Casino has offered our group a special rate of $79 per night on Saturday June 22, and $39 per night from Sunday June 23 to Friday June 28th.

Book your reservations directly with the Boardwalk Hotel & Casino by calling Room Reservations at (800) 635-4581 before June 1, 2002. Please indicate that you are part of the Western Coordinating Committee on Agribusiness group. You will be required to put down a deposit of one night‘s stay to guarantee your room and the rate.
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The treasurer‘s report. In brief, the Committee financially had a positive year and ended the year with a strong balance in its bank account. The full report is in PDF format and can be found at:
http://webct1.nerdc.ufl.edu:8900/public/WCC72/index.html

Accomplishments

2002 Accomplishments

1. Annual Meeting- more attendees than in recent memory
2. Engaged an outside Review Panel on Strategy for WCC-72 in light of AEM/IAMA/FDRS/FAMPS
3. Novel Book Review Session at the annual meeting
4. Follow up to 2001 meeting analyzing Agribusiness as a sub-discipline
a. PhD curriculum module at the annual meeting
b. Responses from PhD Students at the annual meeting
5. Expanded the coordination role of WCC-72: S-222/ NCR-224
6. Second year of a successful competitive-blind review paper selection process for the annual meeting
7. Successful implementation of an active web-site (Thanks to efforts of Al Wysocki of the University of Florida)
8. Successful transfer of Committee accounts to University of Florida

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The coming year:
1) Focus on the Extension mission for Agribusiness professors at
the annual meeting
2) Build on relationships with AEM, IAMA, FDRS, S222, and NC224:
specifically greater integration with the WCC-72 annual meeting and the development of a winter agribusiness conference

Impacts

  1. Addressed, continuing the momentum of 2001, the topic of strategic planning for agribusiness as a sub-discipline
  2. Created a dialogue about Agribusiness as a sub-discipline: research methodology, PhD curriculum
  3. Enhanced the coordinating function of the Committee creating linkages with other Committees
  4. Continued the practice begun in 2001 of a blind review/competitive process for selected papers
  5. elevating the scholarship at the meeting
  6. Broadened the participation in WCC-72
  7. across other committees, more senior professors, outside stakeholders, and internationally

Publications

Selected Papers
Arellano,-F.; Hine,-S.; Thilmany,-D.D. Using MANECSIM as a simulation for agribusiness capstone courses. Rev-agric-econ. Spring/Summer 2001. v. 23 (1) p. 275-285.

Baker,-G.A.; Leidecker,-J.K. Does it pay to plan?: strategic planning and financial performance. Agribusiness. Summer 2001. v. 17 (3) p. 355-364.

Bruynis, Christopher, Peter D. Goldsmith, David E. Hahn, and William J. Taylor. "Critical Success Factors for Emerging Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives." Journal of Cooperation. vol 16. 2001. p 14-24.

Gillespie,-J.M.; Fulton,-J.R. A markov chain analysis of the size of hog production firms in the United States. Agribusiness. Autumn 2001. v. 17 (4).

Goldsmith, Peter D., A. Salvador, D. Knipe, and E. Kendall. Structural Change or Logical Incrementalism? Turbulence in the Global Meat System. Journal of Chain and Network Science. Forthcoming. October, 2002.

Goldsmith, Peter D. and Rishi Basak. Incentive Contracts and Environmental Performance Indicators. Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics. Vol 20:4. 2001: pp 257-277.

Goldsmith, Peter D. "Innovation, Supply Chain Control, and the Welfare of Farmers: The Economics of Genetically Modified Seeds." American Behavioral Scientist. Volume 44 (8). April, 2001: 1302-1326.

Phillip, L.E., P. D. Goldsmith, M. Bergeron, and P.R. Peterson. "Optimizing Cow_Calf Pasture Management Systems: System Responses and Adoption Implications." Canadian Journal of Animal Science. Volume 81. March. 2001.

Siebert,-J.W.; Davis,-G.C.; Litzenberg,-K.K.; Broder,-J.M. Time allocation decisions associated with job market preparation Am-j-agric-econ. Feb 2002. v. 84 (1) p. 222-233.

Sporleder, T. L and P. D. Goldsmith. Alternative Firm Strategies for Signaling Quality in the Food System. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 49(4)(2001): 591-604.

Wachenheim,-C.J.; DeVuyst,-E.A. Strategic response to mandatory reporting legislation in the U.S. livestock and meat industries: are collusive opportunities enhanced. Agribusiness. New York. Spring 2001. v. 17 (2)
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