Research
Dr. Kalaitzandonakes’ current research focuses on the economics and policy of agrifood biotechnology and other agribusiness innovations.
After 15 years of research and product development, biotechnology has taken the global agrifood industry by storm. In the US and elsewhere, it has been adopted faster than any other agrifood technology on record. It has pushed along the ongoing consolidation of the global agrifood industry. And, it has confronted consumers, public officials, industry entrepreneurs, scientists, journalists, ethicists and others with complex questions on food and environmental safety, international trade, and other key issues.
Dr. Kalaitzandonakes’ recent research deals with the economic and environmental impacts of biotechnology, strategic changes in the agrifood supply chain emerging from the use of biotechnology, structural change, optimal national and international biotechnology policies and regulation, consumer response to biotech foods, and issues around the communication of biotechnology. Dr. Kalaitzandonakes also works on the economics of e-commerce in the agrifood sector.
RECENT PUBLISHED WORK
Edited Books
1. Kalaitzandonakes, N. (ed.). Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech: A Global Perspective, Kluwer-Plenum Academic Publishers, New York, 2003.
Book Chapters
1. Konduru, S., J. Kruse, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. Global Economic Impacts of Soybean Biotechnology. In Soybean Biotechnology. G. Stacey, ed., Springer, Forthcoming.
2. Kalaitzandonakes, N., L. Marks, and S. Vickner. Consumer Response to Mandated Labels for Genetically Modified Foods. In Labeling Genetically Modified Food: The Philosophical and Legal Debate. P. Weirich, ed., Oxford University Press, p. 106-27, 2007.
3. Bradford, K.J., J.M. Alston, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. Regulation of Biotechnology for Specialty Crops. In Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy. R. Just, et al., eds. Springer, p. 683-97, 2006.
4. Kalaitzandonakes, N., J.M. Alston, and K. J. Bradford. Compliance Costs for Regulatory Approval of New Biotech Crops. In Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy. R. Just, et al., eds. Springer, p. 37-57, 2006.
5. Barnes, J., H. James, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "An Application of the Coasian Lens to GMO Regulation" in New Ideas in Contracting and Organizational Economics Research, H. James, editor. Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2005.
6. Kalaitzandonakes, N., J. Kaufman, and X. Wang. "E-Commerce in Agricultural Input Distribution: Firm Entry and Disintermediation" in E-Commerce in Agribusiness, T. Smitz, et al., eds., Iowa State University Press, 2005.
7. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J. Kaufman. "Electronic Trading, Structural Change and the Future of Agricultural Commodity Exchange" in E-Commerce in Agribusiness, T. Smitz, et al., eds., Iowa State University Press, 2005.
8. Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, and Steven S. Vickner. "Consumer Purchasing Behavior Toward GM foods in Europe" in Consumer Acceptance of Biotech Foods, R. Evenson and V. Santaniello, eds., Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishers, p. 23-39, 2004.
9. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J. Parcell. "Do Agricultural Commodities Prices Respond to GMO Bans?" in Consumer Acceptance of Biotech Foods, R. Evenson and V. Santaniello, eds., Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishers, p. 1-8, 2004.
10. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J. Kaufman. "Innovation in Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods" in The Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science, K. Hunt, ed., Marcel Dekker NY, 2004.
11. Kalaitzandonakes, N. "The Future of Agrobiotechnology: Implications for National Competitiveness" in Agricultural Biotechnology, Bhalgat, M., W. Ridely, A. Felsot, and J. Seiber, eds., Oxford University Press, Washington, D.C., p. 21-36, 2004.
12. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and P. Suntornpithug. "Why Do US Cotton Farmers Adopt Biotechnology?" in Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech: A Global Perspective, Kalaitzandonakes, N., ed., Kluwer-Plenum Academic Publishers, NY, 2003.
13. Theodorakopoulou, I. and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Structure and Performance of Private Public Knowledge Networks in Plant Biotechnology" in Knowledge Generation and Transfer in Agriculture, S. Wolf and D. Zilberman, eds., Kluwer-Plenum Academic Publishers, New York, 2001.
14. Marks L., N. Kalaitzandonakes, K. Allison, and L. Zakharova. "Time Series Analysis of Risk Frames in Media Communication of Agrobiotechnology" in Market Development for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products, V. Santaniello, R.E. Evenson, and D. Zilberman, eds., Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishers, 2001.
15. Marks L., S. Mooney, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Quantifying Scientific Risk Communications of Agrobiotechnology" in Market Development for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products, V. Santaniello, R.E. Evenson, and D. Zilberman, eds., Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishers, 2001.
16. Kalaitzandonakes, N. "Biotechnology and Agrifood Industry Competitiveness" in The Competitiveness of US Agriculture, W. Amponsah, et al., eds., Hayworth Press, 2000.
Journal Articles
1. Suntornpithug, P. and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Understanding the Adoption of Cotton Biotechnology in the US: Firm Level Evidence." Agricultural Economics Review, Forthcoming.
2. Huang, J., D. Zhang, S. Rozelle, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Will the Biosafety Protocol Hinder or Protect the Developing World? Lessons from China's Experience." Food Policy, Forthcoming.
3. Kalaitzandonakes, N., J. Alston, and K. Bradford. "Compliance Costs for Regulatory Approval of New Biotech Crops." Nature Biotechnology, 25(5), 509-11, 2007.
4. Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, L. Wilkins, and L. Zakharova. "Mass Media Framing of Biotechnology News." Public Understanding of Science, 16(2), 183-203, 2007.
5. Kalaitzandonakes, N. "Cartagena Protocol: A New Trade Barrier." Regulation, 29(2), 18-25, Summer 2006. http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv29n2/v29n1-4.pdf.
6. Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, and S. Konduru. "Globalization in the Mass Media." World Economy, 29(5), 615-36, 2006.
7. Kalaitzandonakes, N., L.A. Marks, and S. Vickner. "Sentiments and Acts Towards GMOs." International Journal of Biotechnology, 7(1-3), 161-177, 2005.
8. Alston, J., K. Bradford and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "The Economics of Horticultural Biotechnology." Journal of Crop Improvement, 18(1/2), 413-31, 2005.
9. Parcell, J.L. and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Do Agricultural Commodity Prices Respond to Bans Against Bioengineered Crops?" Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 52(2): 201-09, 2004.
10. Kalaitzandonakes, N. "Another Look at Biotech Regulation." Regulation, 27(1): 44-50, 2004.
11. Kalaitzandonakes, N., L.A. Marks, and S.S. Vickner. "Media Coverage of Biotech Foods, and Influence on Consumer Choice." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(5): 1238-46, 2004.
12. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and A. Magnier. "Biotech Labeling Standards and Compliance Costs in Seed Production." Choices Magazine, Second Quarter, 2004.
13. Kalaitzandonakes, N., J. Kaufman, and X. Wang. "Firm Entry through E-Commerce in the U.S. Agricultural Input Distribution Industry." Journal on Chain and Network Science, 3(2): 123-33, 2003.
14. Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, and S.S. Vickner. "Evaluating Consumer Response to GM Foods: Some Methodological Considerations" Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues, 4(1): 80-94, 2003.
15. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J. Bijman. "So Who's Driving Biotech Acceptance?" Nature Biotechnology, 21(4): 336-39, 2003.
16. Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, and L. Zakharova. "Media Coverage of Agrobiotechnology: Did the Butterfly Have an Effect?" Journal of Agribusiness, 21(1): 1-20, 2003.
17. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J. Kaufman. "An E-merging Revolution in Agricultural Commodity Exchange?" Choices, 6-10, Spring 2002.
18. Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, and L. Zakharova. "On the Media Roller-Coaster: Will GM Foods Finish the Ride?" Choices, 34-38, Spring 2002.
19. Boehlje, M., J. Akridge, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Preparing for Success in the Agribusiness Market Place." Journal of Agribusiness, 20(1), Spring 2002.
20. Kalaitzandonakes, N., R. Maltsbarger, and J. Barnes. "The Costs of Identity Preservation in the Global Food System." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 49: 605-615, 2001.
21. Kalaitzandonakes, N. "Strategies and Structure in the Emerging Global Seed Industry." Biofutur, (215): 38-42, 2001.
22. Bredahl, M. and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Biotechnology: Can We Trade It?" Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, 2(1): 75-92, 2001.
23. Kalaitzandonakes, N. "Agrobiotechnology and Competitiveness." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 82(5): 1224-33, 2000.
24. Marks, L.A., B. Freeze, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "The Agrobiotechnology Industry: A U.S.-Canadian Comparison." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 419-431, 2000.