This paper outlines methodological frameworks for conducting research and development with agribusiness supply chains in transitional economies where the objective is to improve the competitiveness of the supply chains in a global environment. The key difficulty when operating with supply chains...

It is widely accepted that trust is the critical determinant of a good buyer-seller relationship. Using trust as the dependent variable, various measures of the farmers' satisfaction with the exchange, power-dependence and the relationship specific investments preferred trading partners provided...