Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies: Volume 10 Issue 1

New organizational forms in emerging economies: bridging the gap between agribusiness management and international development

Domenico Dentoni, Jos Bijman, Marilia Bonzanini Bossle, Sera Gondwe, Prossy Isubikalu, Chen Ji, Chintan Kella, Stefano Pascucci, Annie Royer, Luciana Vieira

This editorial article introduces and analyzes a variety of new organizational forms that rapidly emerged in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe in the latest two…

The influence of multi-stakeholder platforms on farmers' innovation and rural development in emerging economies: a systematic literature review

Carlos L Barzola Iza, Domenico Dentoni, Onno S.W.F. Omta

Despite the increasing interest on multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) as novel organizational forms addressing grand challenges surrounding agri-food systems, the literature on…

New configurations in Brazilian agribusiness: rural warehouse condominiums

Amanda Cristina Gaban Filippi, Patricia Guarnieri, José Márcio Carvalho, Silvia Araújo Reis, Cleyzer Adrian da Cunha

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the development of rural warehouses condominiums (or “condos”) as new rural configurations in the Brazilian agribusiness from the…

Structural heterogeneity in farm structures: a configurational approach

Bruno Varella Miranda, Anna Grandori

The purpose of this paper is to provide a multidimensional framework for the identification, description and comparative analysis of alternative farm structures and their…

Exploring entrepreneurial-group formation by smallholder Burundian farmers

Bélyse Mupfasoni, Aad Kessler, Thomas Lans, Rama Lionel Ngenzebuke

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of specific internal states (i.e. the set of sustainable values and motivations) that underlie group formation and joint business…

Enhancing consumer trust in short food supply chains: The case evidence from three agricultural e-commerce companies in China

Chen Ji, Qin Chen, Ni Zhuo

The purpose of this paper is to explore how consumers’ trust is enhanced by e-commerce-based agribusiness companies. It also aims to shed light on the role of social commerce in…