The fundamental purpose of agri-food supply chain management is to restrict opportunism
caused by information asymmetry. Traditional Chinese agri-food supply chain management …

Vertical coordination accomplishes several purposes. Processors wish to control their
supply chains more tightly to satisfy consumer demands for quality and safety. In the EU …

We explore the distributional effects of lowering transaction costs to allow access to
improved market opportunities for small farmers in the Peruvian Highlands. We find that …

A major sustainability challenge in European agriculture is to develop legume production.
But organizing new legume supply-chains is a knowledge-intensive process, due to low past …

This analysis focuses on defining and describing the unique economic characteristics of
agrifood supply chains. The analysis includes seven specific economic characteristics of …

The competitive yardstick role of marketing cooperatives refers to the fact that the presence
of cooperatives drives the market towards competitiveness. We conduct an empirical study …

Alternative technologies development requires overcoming knowledge deficit in
Technological Innovation Systems. New systems building operates through strategic modes …

Purpose This paper explores the effect of financial support on farmer cooperative
development in the Chinese context, aiming to evaluate the effectiveness of public inputs …

La diffusion de pratiques agricoles innovantes pose la question de leur acceptabilité au sein
des filières. Cet article vise à évaluer ex ante les caractéristiques logistiques des …

The objective of this study is to analyze whether a discount or premium exists for
coordination strategies in food processing, wholesale grocery, retail supermarkets, and …