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Adaptation in Food Networks: Theoretical Frame Work and Empirical Evidences

Martino, Gaetano; Frascarelli, Angelo - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012

on two related aspect: the integration among the agents and the adaptation in the face of emerging disturbances. The … paper aims at addressing the problem on what are the role of the adaptation processes in the implementation of sustainable … strategies in Food Networks. Adaptation is a central problem of economic organisations (Williamson, 1985, 1991), and its …

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Efficiency and Integration in the Food Supply Chain

Jarzebowski, Sebastian; Bezat-Jarzębowska, Agnieszka; … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 04 (2013) 3

Due to the nature of the food supply chain, an increase of the integration's degree in the chain may be an important … theoretical background showing the relationship between integration and performance. A description of the theoretical and … methodological aspects of performance measurement and its extension (including the integration aspect) was also made within the …

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Trust, Contracting, and Adaptation in Agri‐Food Hybrid Structures

Martino, Gaetano - 2010

that trust may determine a reduction of ex post transaction cost in the adaptation ofhybrid structure. As a consequence … case study which illustrates the emerging of conditional trust (Fritz etal., 2008) and the role of trust in the adaptation …

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Trust, Contracting, and Adaptation in Agri‐Food Hybrid Structures

Martino, Gaetano - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 01 (2010) 4

that trust may determine a reduction of ex post transaction cost in the adaptation of hybrid structure. As a consequence … case study which illustrates the emerging of conditional trust (Fritz et al., 2008) and the role of trust in the adaptation …

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Sustainability Assessment Framework for Food Supply Chain Logistics: Empirical Findings from Dutch Food Industry

Vorst, Jack G.A.J. van der; Peeters, Lotte; Bloemhof, … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 04 (2013) 2

Food companies are increasingly challenged to balance business performance and economic gains with environmental and social performance. Therefore, in 2012, we started a collaborative project on this topic named SCALE (Step Change in Agri-food Logistics Ecosystems). SCALE aims to improve the...

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Institutional Change in Germany’s Farmers Associations:Impacts of the Dairy Conflict

Alpmann, Jan; Bitsch, Vera - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 04 (2013) 2

The abolishment of the milk quota, increasing fluctuation in milk prices and further economic and emotional factors resulted in the so called dairy conflict. The paper focuses specifically on the conflict between the German Farmers’ Association and the Federal Dairy Farmers Association...

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Improving Food Safety within China’s Dairy Chain: Key Issues of Compliance with QA Standards

Geng, Wei; Trienekens, Jacques; Wubben, Emiel F.M. - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 04 (2013) 2

This study aims to gain insight in quality assurance (QA) activities along China’s dairy chain, to assess the potential of meeting more demanding domestic and foreign consumers. The study reviewed QA literature and QA standards (HACCP, GlobalGAP, and BRC) to formulate indicators for QA. Based...

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Revealed Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness in Pear

Valenciano, Jaime de Pablo; Giancinti, Miguel A.; … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 03 (2012) 1

This article focuses on the study of the comparative advantages and competitiveness in the global pear market. First, it will outline a clear distinction between these two concepts, followed by analysis. This paper provides a new index of competitiveness developed by our research based on the...

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US Consumers’ Perception of Local and Organic Food: An Analysis Based on Means-End Chain Analysis and Word Association

Haas, Rainer; Sterns, James; Meixner, Oliver - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

The market of local and organic food is still a niche market in the USA, despite its strong growth rates. Both offer consumers an alternative to a globalized anonymous food supply chain. Yet local food and organic food seem to be overlapping and to some degree competing food concepts. While the...

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