Knowledge Management in Agro-Industrial Productive Chains

Abstract

The main objective of this chapter is to foster the discussions on the perspectives and actions of knowledge management and use in agribusiness, especially in the coordination of agro-industrial production chains, or in the so-called agrifood systems, connecting agribusiness professionals and researchers under knowledge management and use in this context, without, however, ending the discussion. The adequate management of information and its rapid transfer within the agrifood system is a competitiveness factor, as trust and cooperation are elements which enhance knowledge construction, resulting in the consideration, by companies, of articulation forms, in addition to organizational boundaries. It is believed that knowledge management, applied in the production chains coordination, will have an important role in overcoming the challenges generated by the pandemic the world is going through.

Institutional Principles of Intensifying the Innovative Development of Small and Medium Agribusiness

“…At the same time, some scholars dedicate their work to the problems of the functioning of the organizational and economic mechanism. Thus, scientists consider the formation of organizational and economic mechanism for: cooperation between enterprises and state institutions [3]; stimulation of the innovatively activity [4][5][6][7]; ensuring the development of agroindustrial production of Ukraine [8,9]; increasing the competitiveness of agricultural products [10,11]; adaptive tools in agricultural enterprises [12,13]; risk management of agricultural enterprises [14][15][16]; state support in agriculture [2], etc. According to the analysis of publications, the main elements of the organizational and economic mechanism are not structured, not clearly defined, the relationship between them is not disclosed.…”

Formation and Implementation of Public-Private Partnership Projects in the Agricultural Sector

“…At the same time, some scholars dedicate their work to the problems of the functioning of the organizational and economic mechanism. Thus, scientists consider the formation of organizational and economic mechanism for: cooperation between enterprises and state institutions [3]; stimulation of the innovatively activity [4][5][6][7]; ensuring the development of agroindustrial production of Ukraine [8,9]; increasing the competitiveness of agricultural products [10,11]; adaptive tools in agricultural enterprises [12,13]; risk management of agricultural enterprises [14][15][16]; state support in agriculture [2], etc. According to the analysis of publications, the main elements of the organizational and economic mechanism are not structured, not clearly defined, the relationship between them is not disclosed.…”