@article{Ronan:137945,
      recid = {137945},
      author = {Ronan, Glenn and Sinnadurai, Evelyn and Taylor, Philip J.},
      title = {Towards a Template for Benchmarking the International  Competitiveness of Australia’s Agri-Food Industries},
      address = {2005},
      number = {416-2016-26224},
      pages = {22},
      year = {2005},
      abstract = {The mutual interest of industry and government to improve  the
competitiveness of agri-food industries presents an  information
management challenge for leaders and policy  makers. The paper
examines the case for a template for  benchmarking economic,
environmental and social indicators  along agri-food chains as an aid
to strategic planning and  policy.
Porter’s competitiveness ‘diamond’ is the  structural framework for
identifying relevant indicators.  The paper identifies desirable features
for the template,  including: a mix of lagged or outcome measures and
lead  indicators or drivers; a mix of quantitative and  qualitative
indicators; bias to graphical illustration of  trends and interpretation
oriented to planning and policy  issues and implications.
The paper identifies benchmarking  of best practice firm and chain
case studies against  industry survey data as the micro-macro linkage
critical to  appreciation of industry competitiveness. Some  dairy
industry indicators and data are used to illustrate  the scope, content
and style of a competitiveness template  to meet the needs of the
target clientele.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/137945},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.137945},
}