Effects of the Swiss retailers' strategy on the governance structure of the fresh food products supply chains

Réviron, Sophie; Chappuis, Jean-Marc

doi:10.1002/agr.20045

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“…Greater rates of innovation are anticipated with informal distributed governance arrangements (Andersen and Christensen, 2005;Jain and Benyoucef, 2008;Nassimbeni, 1998: Réviron and Chappuis, 2005: Stephen and Coote, 2005: Wathne and Heide, 2004 where formal control does not lie with a single organization. Conversely, greater interconnectivity constrains individual organization action, which limits creativity (Choi et al, 2001).…”

Section: Possible Outcomes Of Supply Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Theoretical mechanisms underpinning the instrumentoutcome relationship New institutional economic theory, notably Transaction Cost Economics, has limited applicability in supply networks (Bertels and Vredenburg, 2004;Réviron and Chappuis, 2005) because networks lie between the ideal types of markets and hierarchy (Gereffi et al, 2005). Yet, it is the most frequently used theoretical perspective to explain empirical studies of inter-organizational exchange in supply networks (Table V).…”

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The governance of supply networks: a systematic literature review

Pilbeam

Álvarez²,

Wilson

2012

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

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2012),"Outcomes of inter#organizational trust in supply chain relationships: a systematic literature review and a meta#analysis (2012),"Sustainable purchasing and supply management: a structured literature review of definitions and measures at the dyad, chain and network levels", SupplyIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to establish what is known regarding how supply network governance leads to network outcomes, what mechanisms underlie this relationship, and how context impacts it. Design/methodology/approach -A systematic literature review identified 44 conceptual and empirical studies. Purely dyadic studies were excluded. Synthesis used the context-intervention-mechanism-outcomes (CIMO) logic. Findings -From a categorization of contexts, governance instruments, mechanisms and outcomes a contingent conceptual framework is developed in the paper relating governance instruments to network outcomes dependent on the context. In general, formal instruments are adopted in dynamic and unstable circumstances defined as risky, uncertain, unpredictable or during organizational change. These instruments can result in coordination, control, viability and performance outcomes. Informal instruments tend to be adopted in contexts where prior relationships exist between actors. Research limitations/implications -Arising from the conceptual framework three robust propositions are developed. A more nuanced view of power and trust is proposed to augment the explanations provided by transaction costs and social embeddedness. This provides opportunities for further research, including longitudinal and comparative studies. Practical implications -The conceptual framework provides three propositions suggesting that in dynamic or unstable circumstances formal governance instruments can provide viability, control, coordination or performance outcomes. Informal governance instruments are more effectively used in established relationships to improve performance, control and viability. Originality/value -The synthesis reveals contingencies in the appropriate governance modes of supply networks for desired outcomes in specific contexts, resolving apparent inconsistencies between prior studies.

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Section: Possible Outcomes Of Supply Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Possible Outcomes Of Supply Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

The governance of supply networks: a systematic literature review

Pilbeam

Álvarez²,

Wilson

2012

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

209

238

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“…426 Á428). From an empirical viewpoint, evidence has also been found to corroborate the theoretical proposition (Martino & Perugini, 2006a;2006b;Fulponi, 2006;Réviron & Chappuis, 2005;Sans, de Fontguyon & Briz, 2005;Mazé 2002).…”

Section: Food Safety and Choice Of Governance Structurementioning

confidence: 64%

Contractual choice and food safety strategy: Empirical findings in the Italian poultry sector

Martino

2007

Food Economics - Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section C

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Analysis of contract choice is related here to the contracting nature of hybrid governance structures. First, recent research results on the organization of food safety supply are summarized and some remarks about contracting are proposed, providing the theoretical premises of the study. The approach of empirical analysis is concerned with transactions between farmers and processors in Italian poultry supply chains. The contract arrangement is classified as a hybrid structure, and growers' preferences regarding contract terms are analysed by a choice experiment. Final remarks take into account the role of contract attributes in ensuring the degree of food safety, and give a tentative organizational explanation of the degree of safety supplied. Potential lines of future research are mentioned.

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“…The Swiss food retailing sector is clearly dominated by two mains actors: Migros and Coop. These two companies share a de facto duopoly, as well as many similarities, in particular their structure and identity as large scale co-operatives (Réviron and Chappuis 2005). The competition for market share and the importance of securing safe and reliable provisioning has led them to develop strategies for differentiation.…”

Section: Aeg In Switzerlandmentioning

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Blind spots in agri-environmental governance: some reflections and suggestions from Switzerland

Forney

2016

Rev Agric Food Environ Stud

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Attempts of making our food systems more sustainable have (partly) failed. Food production still contributes significantly to biodiversity losses, global warming and depletion of natural resources. Based on the postulation that this failure in the governance of environmental issues in agri-food systems relates notably to social and cultural aspects, this paper explores the literature in the social sciences looking for explanations. A first statement is that research around agrienvironmental governance (AEG) issues remains globally split into two subgroups, one focusing on public policies and the other on the civil society or market aspects of environmental certification, with very little exchange or transversal analysis between the two. Drawing on the literature and on longterm fieldwork and research in Switzerland, I identify three dimensions of AEG that open new paths towards more sustainable food systems: an encompassing approach of the food system; the encouragement of collective knowledge creation and the promotion of autonomy. Joining other emerging scholarships, this paper calls for developments in the research on AEG that produce encompassing theoretical frameworks, which transcends pre-existing categories in order to allow new conceptualisation of governance practices in complex or hybrid systems. The integration of the food, knowledge and autonomy dimensions should help in creating innovative and transformative governance instruments.

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Effects of the Swiss retailers' strategy on the governance structure of the fresh food products supply chains

Cited by 15 publications

References 6 publications

The governance of supply networks: a systematic literature review

The governance of supply networks: a systematic literature review

Contractual choice and food safety strategy: Empirical findings in the Italian poultry sector

Blind spots in agri-environmental governance: some reflections and suggestions from Switzerland

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