British Food Journal: Volume 117 Issue 10

Improving organization forms in the agri-food industry

Anna Grandori

The variety and change of organization forms in the agri-business industry are analyzed, extending available comparative economic organization approach (most notably transaction…

Small farmers, standards, value chains, and structural change: panel evidence from Bulgaria

Kristine Van Herck, Johan Swinnen

In the past decade, there has been a dramatic decline in agricultural employment in Bulgaria and several reports have pointed at supply chain modernisation and poor milk quality…

Resilience of farmer-processor relationships to adverse shocks: the case of dairy sector in Poland

Jan Falkowski

Recent literature has considerably improved our understanding of vertical relations in the food chain. One area which has received relatively little attention however relates to…

Designing geographical indication institutions when stakeholders’ incentives are not perfectly aligned

Antonella Di Fonzo, Carlo Russo

Geographical Indications (GI) are complex and multi-purpose institutions. Their objectives include encouraging diversification of agricultural production, improving farmers’…

Institutional changes in the Swedish meat industry

Jerker Nilsson, Lena W. Lind

– The purpose of this paper is to explain institutional changes in the Swedish meat industry after major external events.

Dairy cooperatives at the crossroads

Aaron Grau, Heinrich Hockmann, Inna Levkovych

The business environment of the EU dairy sector has altered drastically because of changes in EU agricultural and trade policy, consumer demand, and innovations since the turn of…

Brazilian ethanol market: Organizational change and impacts on the governance structures of distribution firms, 2000-2012

Selene de Souza Siqueira Soares, Maria Sylvia Macchione Saes, Luiz Fernando de Oriani Paulillo

The purpose of this paper shows and analyzes recent changes undergone by the Brazilian ethanol industry, comparing two specific years (2000 and 2012) to evaluate the performance…

Explaining hybrid “personalities” in smallholder sugar cane sourcing

Wytse Vellema, Marijke D'Haese

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the extent to which transaction cost theory on hybrid governance structures can explain hybrid personalities observed in the South African…

Governance implications of non-GM private standards on poultry meat value chains

Francesca Passuello, Stefano Boccaletti, Claudio Soregaroli

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the governance implications of non-genetically modified (GM) voluntary private standards on the private label poultry meat value chain…

Modelling farmer decision-making: the case of the Dutch pork sector

Floor H. W. Ambrosius, Gert Jan Hofstede, Bettina B. Bock, Eddie A.M. Bokkers, Adrie J.M. Beulens

The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework that models farmers’ strategic decision making, taking into account that farmers adapt to institutional changes, given the…

Trust, transaction costs, and contract enforcement: evidence from apple farmers in China

Rong Cai, Wanglin Ma

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of trust and transaction costs on farmers’ contract enforcement choices using cross-sectional data collected from apple farmers…

The dynamics of the transnational food chain regulatory governance: An analytical framework

Sevasti Chatzopoulou

The need for food safety and food quality standards is acknowledged by public regulators, private actors, and the society. The purpose of this paper is to identify the types of…

Regulation and organizational change in the governance of agri-food value chains

Stefano Pascucci, Liesbeth Dries, Konstantinos Karantininis, Gaetano Martino