Item – Theses Canada

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OCLC number
316029738
Link(s) to full text
LAC copy
Author
Liu, Hao,1970-
Title
The competitiveness of Canada's poultry processing industry
Degree
M. Sc. -- McGill University, 2004
Publisher
[Montreal, Québec] : McGill University, ©2004.
Description
1 online resource
Notes
Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2008/01/30).
Written for the Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Macdonald College of McGill University.
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
The economic research on competitiveness has become popular in recent years. Free-trade agreements and open-market policies provide new challenges for food processors competing in domestic and international markets. The Canadian poultry processing industry is one sector in which the competitive status needs to be investigated. The purpose of this thesis is to compare the poultry processing sectors of Canada and the United States. The study measures the competitiveness, both at the industrial level and at a firm's level, and identifies the internal and external drivers of competitiveness. Comparisons were conducted in terms of price, value added ratios, and productivity growth. Results show that Canada's poultry industry was less competitive than that of U.S. Lack of economies of scale, rigid supply system and high input prices in Canada are the main reasons for being less competitive.
Other link(s)
digitool.Library.McGill.CA:8881
escholarship.mcgill.ca
escholarship.mcgill.ca
Subject
Poultry industry Canada.
Poultry Processing Canada.
Volailles Industrie Canada.
Volailles Traitement Canada.
Economics -- Agricultural