An integrated multitiered supply chain network model of competing agricultural firms and processing firms: The case of fresh produce and quality

Besik, Deniz; Nagurney, Anna; Dutta, Pritha

doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2022.07.053

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“…To comprehensively understand how to improve product quality throughout SCs of highly perishable foods, our moderation analyses across the two tiers offer strong empirical support for the consideration of business contingencies. The study answers the call by Siddh et al (2015) and Barbancho-Maya and L opez-Toro (2022) and extends the framework proposed by Besik et al (2023) by demonstrating that each organisational relationship contributes to improved FQ throughout multi-tiered food networks, depending on the prevailing market and agency conditions. We show that tighter VERs are necessary for improved FQ in the context of SCs with highly perishable foods, even though alternative relationships (e.g.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…First, we extend previous FQ models (Jonkman et al. , 2019; Lejarza and Baldea, 2022; Besik et al. , 2023) and the “efficiency-based” research models of Otter et al.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Our study expands the existing literature in three ways. First, we extend previous FQ models (Jonkman et al, 2019;Lejarza and Baldea, 2022;Besik et al, 2023) and the "efficiency-based" research models of Otter et al (2014) and , which incorporate contingency theory (Lawrence and Lorsch, 1967) and netchain analysis (Lazzarini et al, 2001), by considering FQ as the main performance indicator and by evaluating the moderating effects of business contingencies on the interplay between complex SC organisational networks and FQ. This study argues that business contingencies do not only influence SC organisations but further moderate how SC networks contribute to better FQ.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…, 2015; Maertens and Vande Velde, 2017), even though SC actors adopt complex organisational networks that entail several relationships across multi-tiered SC structures (Adetoyinbo et al. , 2023; Besik et al. , 2023; Otter et al.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…, 2016). Although Besik et al. (2023) recently analysed the interplay between SC disruptions and FQ in multi-tiered agri-food networks, revealing that market disruptions arising from the collapse of SC relationships, disaster, or labour shortages lower FQ and market prices, the study was unable to account for the role of various organisational relationships in ensuring improved FQ.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Food quality and supply chain networks in dynamic business environments: evidence from the Nigerian shrimp subsector

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PurposeResearch efforts aiming to improve understanding of how various organisational relationships contribute to better food quality (FQ) in a constantly changing business environment are limited. This study examines the effects of supply chain (SC) organisations on the quality of food products across multi-tiered segments with dynamic business situations.Design/methodology/approachGuided by a conceptual research framework based on contingency theory and netchain analysis, moderation-based partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyse multi-tiered data from 405 shrimpers and 238 women processors in Akwa-Ibom, Lagos and Ondo states in Nigeria.FindingsThe authors' findings show that unpredictable business environments such as market turbulence (MT), power asymmetry (PA) and distrust (DT) not only directly influence SC organisations but also moderate how organisational networks contribute to improved FQ. Further results reveal that closer vertical ties such as relational contracts are prerequisites for small-scale actors to guarantee improved FQ along multiple nodes of the food system.Originality/valueThis is the first study to examine, from a contingency and multi-tiered perspective, how small-scale actors can maintain FQ across interdependent nodes of a food chain in a developing country context and to explore the complex interplay between SC networks and the quality of highly perishable food products in unpredictable business environments. Relevant theoretical and policy implications are discussed.

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Section: Theoretical Implicationssupporting

confidence: 61%

“…First, we extend previous FQ models (Jonkman et al. , 2019; Lejarza and Baldea, 2022; Besik et al. , 2023) and the “efficiency-based” research models of Otter et al.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 91%