TY - JOUR
T1 - Managerial suggestions to sustainable market choices: A business profitability assessment on the adoption of voluntary certification in the wine industry of the Italian “Mezzogiorno” regions
AU - Crescimanno, Maria
AU - Galati, Antonino
AU - Tinervia, Salvatore
AU - Giacomarra, Marcella
AU - Contò, Francesco
AU - Giacomarra, Marcella
AU - Fiore, Mariantonietta
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Quality and environmental management systems have become prominent business strategic tools to address social and environmental problems. Several voluntary certification schemes have been developed in various economic sectors, as well as in the food one. Nevertheless, it remains unclear if a positive business profitability exists as a consequence of their adoption. Aims of this work was to compare two specific groups of firms operating in the wine industry, certified and non certified ones, in order to verify the existence of a positive impact directly belonging to the adoption of environmental and food safety proactive approaches. To this scope, a sample of 173 cellars located in the Southern Regions of Italy has been considered. Our findings demonstrate how the adoption of voluntary certifications positively influence some of the profitability ratios of firms. Moreover, a linkage of such profitability with firm size, leading to an interpretation mainly focused on specific trade channels managerial choices. This work suggests interesting inputs for academics as well as for wine managers, highlighting an environmental pro-active input typical of internationalization and trade channels strategies and policies in enabling not only the market diffusion of such kind of green tools but also the achievement of targeted positive profitability ratios. © 2016, SRAC - Societatea Romana Pentru Asigurarea Calitatii. All rights reserved.
AB - Quality and environmental management systems have become prominent business strategic tools to address social and environmental problems. Several voluntary certification schemes have been developed in various economic sectors, as well as in the food one. Nevertheless, it remains unclear if a positive business profitability exists as a consequence of their adoption. Aims of this work was to compare two specific groups of firms operating in the wine industry, certified and non certified ones, in order to verify the existence of a positive impact directly belonging to the adoption of environmental and food safety proactive approaches. To this scope, a sample of 173 cellars located in the Southern Regions of Italy has been considered. Our findings demonstrate how the adoption of voluntary certifications positively influence some of the profitability ratios of firms. Moreover, a linkage of such profitability with firm size, leading to an interpretation mainly focused on specific trade channels managerial choices. This work suggests interesting inputs for academics as well as for wine managers, highlighting an environmental pro-active input typical of internationalization and trade channels strategies and policies in enabling not only the market diffusion of such kind of green tools but also the achievement of targeted positive profitability ratios. © 2016, SRAC - Societatea Romana Pentru Asigurarea Calitatii. All rights reserved.
KW - Environmental
KW - Food
KW - Management systems
KW - Quality
KW - Voluntary certification schemes
KW - Wine industry
KW - Environmental
KW - Food
KW - Management systems
KW - Quality
KW - Voluntary certification schemes
KW - Wine industry
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/221337
M3 - Article
VL - 17
SP - 71
EP - 79
JO - Quality - Access to Success
JF - Quality - Access to Success
SN - 1582-2559
ER -