{"product_id":"economics-and-management-of-the-jeffrey-dorfman-9780415539913","title":"Economics and Management of the Food Industry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book analyzes the economics of the food industry at every stage between the farm gate and the kitchen counter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentral to the text are agricultural marketing problems such as the allocation of production between competing products (such as fresh and frozen markets), spatial competition, interregional trade, optimal storage, and price discrimination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopics covered will be useful to students who expect to have careers such as food processing management, food sector buying or selling, restaurant management, supermarket management, marketing\/advertising, risk management, and product development. The focus is on real world-relevant skills and examples and on intuition and economic understanding above mathematical sophistication, although the text does draw on the nuances of modern economic theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Dorfman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415539919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415539913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Jeffrey Dorfman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46024656388351,"sku":"9780415539913","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea910916-c479-4e3f-9ded-b74d24fb5c57.jpg?v=1723128902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/economics-and-management-of-the-jeffrey-dorfman-9780415539913","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}