Firm adoption of international standards: evidence from the Ethiopian floriculture sector
利用埃塞俄比亚花卉产业的面板数据，研究企业采用国际私营标准的决定因素，发现规模大、成立久、外资企业更易采纳，并分析了行业层面的公私合作推动国家良好农业规范（GAP）计划。
Abstract Global trade in agriculture and food products is increasingly governed by an array of standards. In order to continue exporting, developing countries have little choice but to comply with the new requirements. This study uses a census based panel data set from the nascent floriculture industry in Ethiopia to empirically examine the determinants of firms’ adoption of international private standards in fresh horticulture produce in large‐scale estate farms. The econometric analysis shows that larger size, older, and foreign owned firms are more likely to adopt the private standards. Moreover, this study analyzes the overall industry level efforts and public–private partnership to launch and implement a national scheme GAP and build a firm's capacity to comply with the standards.