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© 1995 Oxford University Press and the Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics

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The Finnish food industry facing European integration: Strategies and policies*

SAARA HYVÖNEN and JUKKA KOLA**,

University of Helsinki Finland

Saara Hyvönen and Jukka Kola, Department of Economics and Management, University of Helsinki, P.O.Box 27, FIN-00014, Finland

Summary

Agricultural and food policies have been stable in Finland for some years. Neither agriculture nor the food industry have needed to redefine strategies, but as EU accession changes the policy environment, strategies must also change. Strategies for the food industry are defined through a taxonomy of competitive advantage based on cross-sectional firm-level data. Six clusters emerged. The largest firms seem to follow either a differentiation strategy competing with a wide product range or a distributor-oriented push strategy competing with fewer products. Closer integration of the Finnish food chain will be essential in the EU single market.

Keywords: food industry, agricultural and food policy, competitive strategy, clusters, factor analysis


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