There are several hints that there is lack of trust in the relationships between farmers and processors in the meat industry. To generate instruments of trust management, a survey is conducted in the German pork chain measuring the level of trust perceived by farmers as well as the antecedents...

It is often hypothesized that contracts and vertical integration are paramount for the future competitiveness of meat supply chains. In this paper we review empirical evidence and theoretical reflections underlying this argumentation. We confront the contract and integration hypothesis with...

Die Fleischwirtschaft ist eine in Deutschland in der ökonomischen Forschung bislang wenig beachtete Branche und dies, obwohl sie mit einem Wertschöpfungsteil von rund 20 % der wichtigste Sektor der Ernährungswirtschaft ist und ihre Spitzenposition in den letzten Jahren weiter ausgebaut...