TY - JOUR
T1 - Implicit prices of product characteristics in the milk and cheese market
AU - Karipidis, Philippos
AU - Aggelopoulos, Stamatis
AU - Tsakiridou, Efthimia
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Building a competitive advantage, which is based on differentiation, is more attractive to firms when many product characteristics are not perceptible prior to a purchase, as in the case of most food products. The hedonic price analysis is used in this paper to investigate the influence of food differentiation on consumer prices and to identify the implicit prices of product characteristics related to the milk and cheese market in Greece. Its results will help those involved in the milk and cheese industry to adopt the appropriate product development and product differentiation strategies on a national and international scale. The analysis results reveal that milk retail prices are influenced by fat content, production and processing conditions, product enrichment, and the size, type or form of packaging. Cheese prices are influenced by the origin of the milk (domestic, sheep or goat), packaging size and the protected designation of origin element.
AB - Building a competitive advantage, which is based on differentiation, is more attractive to firms when many product characteristics are not perceptible prior to a purchase, as in the case of most food products. The hedonic price analysis is used in this paper to investigate the influence of food differentiation on consumer prices and to identify the implicit prices of product characteristics related to the milk and cheese market in Greece. Its results will help those involved in the milk and cheese industry to adopt the appropriate product development and product differentiation strategies on a national and international scale. The analysis results reveal that milk retail prices are influenced by fat content, production and processing conditions, product enrichment, and the size, type or form of packaging. Cheese prices are influenced by the origin of the milk (domestic, sheep or goat), packaging size and the protected designation of origin element.
KW - cheese
KW - hedonic
KW - implicit prices
KW - market
KW - milk
KW - product differentiation
KW - quality characteristics
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U2 - 10.1504/JGBA.2008.019935
DO - 10.1504/JGBA.2008.019935
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84926302658
SN - 1746-966X
VL - 1
SP - 370
EP - 380
JO - Journal for Global Business Advancement
JF - Journal for Global Business Advancement
IS - 4
ER -