M. D. D. Barcellos, M. G. Perin, F. Perez-Cueto, M. Saab, K. Grunert
Consumers' attitudes and personal values were assessed, investigating if those constructs affect the consumption of pork products. Empirical data was collected through a survey performed with 482 consumers in Brazil, according to Q-PorkChains project definitions. Attitudes towards the environment and nature are quite positive, although ethnocentrism is also present. Industrial food production seems to be an accepted system, but consumers are showing that environmental sustainability must not be forgotten. Consumers with more ‘traditionalist’ values prefer fresh, whilst those with ‘adventurous’ values prefer processed pork products. The development of innovative pork products aiming to attend to these different groups represents interesting opportunities for the pork chain.
{"title":"Consumers' values and attitudes and their relation to the consumption of pork products: a study from Q-PorkChains in Brazil","authors":"M. D. D. Barcellos, M. G. Perin, F. Perez-Cueto, M. Saab, K. Grunert","doi":"10.3920/jcns2012.x004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/jcns2012.x004","url":null,"abstract":"Consumers' attitudes and personal values were assessed, investigating if those constructs affect the consumption of pork products. Empirical data was collected through a survey performed with 482 consumers in Brazil, according to Q-PorkChains project definitions. Attitudes towards the environment and nature are quite positive, although ethnocentrism is also present. Industrial food production seems to be an accepted system, but consumers are showing that environmental sustainability must not be forgotten. Consumers with more ‘traditionalist’ values prefer fresh, whilst those with ‘adventurous’ values prefer processed pork products. The development of innovative pork products aiming to attend to these different groups represents interesting opportunities for the pork chain.","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"24 1","pages":"41-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90932112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sustainability is an interesting case of a ‘wicked problem’ that requires multiple stakeholder engagement to be managed. Multistakeholder initiatives (MSIs) have emerged as an alternative governance mechanism to address this problem. This paper addresses the issue of overcoming collective action hurdles and governance design in MSIs. We focus our analysis on Bonsucro, an MSI that recently developed a standard and certification scheme for sustainable sugarcane products. We describe the internal organization and governance of Bonsucro and the process it followed to develop and implement the scheme. We then apply collective action and governance theories to analyze Bonsucro’s case and make observations as to how MSIs and alternative governance structures might be organized to address sustainability in global agrifood chains.
{"title":"Collective action and the governance of multistakeholder initiatives: a case study of Bonsucro","authors":"P. Moura, F. Chaddad","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2012.X002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2012.X002","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainability is an interesting case of a ‘wicked problem’ that requires multiple stakeholder engagement to be managed. Multistakeholder initiatives (MSIs) have emerged as an alternative governance mechanism to address this problem. This paper addresses the issue of overcoming collective action hurdles and governance design in MSIs. We focus our analysis on Bonsucro, an MSI that recently developed a standard and certification scheme for sustainable sugarcane products. We describe the internal organization and governance of Bonsucro and the process it followed to develop and implement the scheme. We then apply collective action and governance theories to analyze Bonsucro’s case and make observations as to how MSIs and alternative governance structures might be organized to address sustainability in global agrifood chains.","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"13-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76487555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Pinior, U. Platz, U. Ahrens, B. Petersen, F. Conraths, T. Selhorst
The aim of this paper is to analyze the structure of the trade network between milk producers, dairies and milk collection companies in Germany through a network analysis using suitable centrality measures. The study shows that structures exist among the relevant enterprises which are critical for the spread of a contamination in the German milk trade network. The results may be used to improve food security
{"title":"The German milky way: trade structure of the milk industry and possible consequences of a food crisis","authors":"B. Pinior, U. Platz, U. Ahrens, B. Petersen, F. Conraths, T. Selhorst","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2012.X001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2012.X001","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to analyze the structure of the trade network between milk producers, dairies and milk collection companies in Germany through a network analysis using suitable centrality measures. The study shows that structures exist among the relevant enterprises which are critical for the spread of a contamination in the German milk trade network. The results may be used to improve food security","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"47 1","pages":"25-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83686568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
As stocks of fossil fuels become harder to access and exploit worldwide, renewable energies as a sustainable option have entered the limelight in recent years. Bio-energy plays an essential role in the current mix of renewable energy technologies. In Germany, the state fosters insistently biogas technology within the concert of bio-energy options. Literature suggests that long-term stable economic ties with supplying farmers are the pivotal managerial challenge of bio-energy plant operators to secure a constant and competitively priced feedstock supply. Biogas plant operators are generally in a vulnerable position vis-a-vis their suppliers due to their substantial specific capital investment and a rather restricted economically viable catchment area. Transactional uncertainty due to volatile agricultural market prices, changing yield quantities, and unpredictable behaviour of suppliers makes biogas plant operators aim for effective governance. The study aims by means of in-depth interviews to explore how ...
{"title":"Governance for securing feedstock supply of biogas plants","authors":"S. Gold","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2012.X202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2012.X202","url":null,"abstract":"As stocks of fossil fuels become harder to access and exploit worldwide, renewable energies as a sustainable option have entered the limelight in recent years. Bio-energy plays an essential role in the current mix of renewable energy technologies. In Germany, the state fosters insistently biogas technology within the concert of bio-energy options. Literature suggests that long-term stable economic ties with supplying farmers are the pivotal managerial challenge of bio-energy plant operators to secure a constant and competitively priced feedstock supply. Biogas plant operators are generally in a vulnerable position vis-a-vis their suppliers due to their substantial specific capital investment and a rather restricted economically viable catchment area. Transactional uncertainty due to volatile agricultural market prices, changing yield quantities, and unpredictable behaviour of suppliers makes biogas plant operators aim for effective governance. The study aims by means of in-depth interviews to explore how ...","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"15 1","pages":"67-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86587394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The sustainable supply chain has become a major research topic and has given rise to a large number of academic works. These studies focus on how supply management integrates environmental, social and economic criteria allowing a network of interlinked organizations to achieve long-term economic viability. The objective of this research is to explore the paradigm shift that buyers must undergo when adopting a sustainable development approach. This new vision extends and surpasses the traditional dyadic buyer-supplier relationship that has historically dominated the field leading to a new global supply chain dynamic. The case of the Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris is used to question the ability of a hub firm to ensure component traceability from first-tier and second-tier suppliers and thus consolidate their corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy. Indeed, second-tier supplier failure to comply with CSR requirements, even if the first-tier suppliers meet these requirements, may damage ...
{"title":"Supply management and corporate social responsibility: the challenge of global chain traceability","authors":"Nathalie Merminod, G. Paché","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2011.X201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2011.X201","url":null,"abstract":"The sustainable supply chain has become a major research topic and has given rise to a large number of academic works. These studies focus on how supply management integrates environmental, social and economic criteria allowing a network of interlinked organizations to achieve long-term economic viability. The objective of this research is to explore the paradigm shift that buyers must undergo when adopting a sustainable development approach. This new vision extends and surpasses the traditional dyadic buyer-supplier relationship that has historically dominated the field leading to a new global supply chain dynamic. The case of the Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris is used to question the ability of a hub firm to ensure component traceability from first-tier and second-tier suppliers and thus consolidate their corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy. Indeed, second-tier supplier failure to comply with CSR requirements, even if the first-tier suppliers meet these requirements, may damage ...","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"146 1","pages":"213-222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88633522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The issue of how well retailers predict consumers' preferences and requirements for food products has seldom been examined in literature. This paper deals with this issue focusing on the specific case of mountain food products (MFP) in Europe. Due to consumers' imperfect knowledge of MFP and the absence of an official definition of these products, retailers are surrounded with uncertainty about how to market these products and especially about how consumers perceive and assess MFP. In this paper, we analyse retailers' perceptions as regards MFP and the extent to which they match consumers' views. Results reveal that retailers' perceptions differ by country. They also show that retailers associated with 'alternative' supply chains seem to have a more accurate perception of consumers' preferences as regards MFP.
{"title":"How well do food retailers know their customers? The case of mountain food products in Europe","authors":"Virginie Baritaux, C. Tebby, C. Revoredo‐Giha","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2011.X198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2011.X198","url":null,"abstract":"The issue of how well retailers predict consumers' preferences and requirements for food products has seldom been examined in literature. This paper deals with this issue focusing on the specific case of mountain food products (MFP) in Europe. Due to consumers' imperfect knowledge of MFP and the absence of an official definition of these products, retailers are surrounded with uncertainty about how to market these products and especially about how consumers perceive and assess MFP. In this paper, we analyse retailers' perceptions as regards MFP and the extent to which they match consumers' views. Results reveal that retailers' perceptions differ by country. They also show that retailers associated with 'alternative' supply chains seem to have a more accurate perception of consumers' preferences as regards MFP.","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"50 1","pages":"223-234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77836730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Coordination mechanisms are key factors that affect the competitiveness of agrisystems. Brazilian beef chains are associated with less formal contractual relations compared to other food chains, resulting in frequent conflicts between cattle farmers and the processing industry. This study identifies the reasons for this phenomenon, raising the question of whether the observed incentive structures actually promote cooperation between production and industry. The study aims to explore the role of institutions and incentive structures in coordination failures within beef quality programs coordinated by the meatpacking industry. The issue is treated by considering the principal-agent theory and Transaction Costs Economics. We propose a model of incentive structures for the production of quality beef which considers specific investments made by cattle raisers and the meatpacking industry. In addition to specific investments, we also consider the role institutions play in reducing organizational failures. We ad...
{"title":"Failures in incentive transmission along Brazil's quality beef chain","authors":"S. Caleman, D. Zylbersztajn","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2011.X196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2011.X196","url":null,"abstract":"Coordination mechanisms are key factors that affect the competitiveness of agrisystems. Brazilian beef chains are associated with less formal contractual relations compared to other food chains, resulting in frequent conflicts between cattle farmers and the processing industry. This study identifies the reasons for this phenomenon, raising the question of whether the observed incentive structures actually promote cooperation between production and industry. The study aims to explore the role of institutions and incentive structures in coordination failures within beef quality programs coordinated by the meatpacking industry. The issue is treated by considering the principal-agent theory and Transaction Costs Economics. We propose a model of incentive structures for the production of quality beef which considers specific investments made by cattle raisers and the meatpacking industry. In addition to specific investments, we also consider the role institutions play in reducing organizational failures. We ad...","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"15 1","pages":"251-262"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81593373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mersiha Tepić, Onno S. W. F. Omta, J. Trienekens, F. Fortuin
The aim of the present paper is to explore the role of structural and relational governance in conditions of innovation uncertainty and network heterogeneity in sustainability-oriented innovation networks. The explorative analysis of eighteen innovation networks leads to two important findings. It demonstrates the importance of internalization of stakeholders in the network to create stability in the newly established coalitions and to assure continuation of sustainability-oriented innovation. Also, it demonstrates that even in conditions of innovation, complementarity of structural and relational governance is important. Structural governance (formalization) increases clarity and understanding about partners' differences, reduces uncertainty and increases rational commitment in uncertain and heterogeneous conditions. Relational governance (trust) has a complementary role in this, because it requires time to develop trust in newly established innovation networks with limited previous cooperation. In addit...
{"title":"The role of structural and relational governance in creating stable innovation networks: Insights from sustainability-oriented Dutch innovation networks","authors":"Mersiha Tepić, Onno S. W. F. Omta, J. Trienekens, F. Fortuin","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2011.X206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2011.X206","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the present paper is to explore the role of structural and relational governance in conditions of innovation uncertainty and network heterogeneity in sustainability-oriented innovation networks. The explorative analysis of eighteen innovation networks leads to two important findings. It demonstrates the importance of internalization of stakeholders in the network to create stability in the newly established coalitions and to assure continuation of sustainability-oriented innovation. Also, it demonstrates that even in conditions of innovation, complementarity of structural and relational governance is important. Structural governance (formalization) increases clarity and understanding about partners' differences, reduces uncertainty and increases rational commitment in uncertain and heterogeneous conditions. Relational governance (trust) has a complementary role in this, because it requires time to develop trust in newly established innovation networks with limited previous cooperation. In addit...","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"19 1","pages":"197-211"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90010845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Enzing, S. Pascucci, F. Janszen, Onno S. W. F. Omta
Innovative companies increasingly use resources from outside the company in order to speed up the innovation process. Building and maintaining an external network has become vital to an innovative company's strategy for survival and growth. The study takes a new approach by not only investigating the role of the innovation network on the product's performance soon after market launch, but also after seven years. We focus on the external network involved in the innovation process of a product, and not of the company as a whole. We analysed the role of technology-related and market-related actors in the networks for new and improved products separately as we expected significant differences between the two product groups. Based on an analysis of data on 129 products in the Dutch food and beverages industry we found that the involvement of specific technology-related actors (research institutes, companies providing training, companies supplying machinery and equipment) and market-related actors (customers, c...
{"title":"Role of open innovation in the short- and long-term market success of new products: evidence from the Dutch food and beverages industry","authors":"C. Enzing, S. Pascucci, F. Janszen, Onno S. W. F. Omta","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2011.X197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2011.X197","url":null,"abstract":"Innovative companies increasingly use resources from outside the company in order to speed up the innovation process. Building and maintaining an external network has become vital to an innovative company's strategy for survival and growth. The study takes a new approach by not only investigating the role of the innovation network on the product's performance soon after market launch, but also after seven years. We focus on the external network involved in the innovation process of a product, and not of the company as a whole. We analysed the role of technology-related and market-related actors in the networks for new and improved products separately as we expected significant differences between the two product groups. Based on an analysis of data on 129 products in the Dutch food and beverages industry we found that the involvement of specific technology-related actors (research institutes, companies providing training, companies supplying machinery and equipment) and market-related actors (customers, c...","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"46 1","pages":"235-250"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91354667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In livestock production, traits such as meat quantity and quality are mainly determined by biological processes. Knowing the biological background of traits makes it possible to identify relevant processes, genes or molecules that may be used as indicators to rapidly and easily detect the status and phase of biological processes. Such indicators are called biomarkers. Thus biomarkers provide information about the status and phase of biological processes underlying particular traits. This information can be used to modulate these processes and thereby optimize the economic value of these traits. To produce products from livestock, pork industries are organized in a production chain – from the breeding industry to the retail industry. Industries in a chain interact with each other to optimize economic value. (Automated) detection of biomarkers could activate processes throughout the chain that can be robotized and computerized, thereby creating economic benefit for all participants in the chain. Biomarkers may be used on individual animals and on pooled samples representing a whole herd for herd management. Here we describe how biomarkers can be developed and how they may be used to enhance value for the pork production chain industries.
{"title":"Biomarkers as management tools for industries in the pork production chain","authors":"M. T. te Pas, Arend J W Hoekman, M. Smits","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2011.QPORK6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2011.QPORK6","url":null,"abstract":"In livestock production, traits such as meat quantity and quality are mainly determined by biological processes. Knowing the biological background of traits makes it possible to identify relevant processes, genes or molecules that may be used as indicators to rapidly and easily detect the status and phase of biological processes. Such indicators are called biomarkers. Thus biomarkers provide information about the status and phase of biological processes underlying particular traits. This information can be used to modulate these processes and thereby optimize the economic value of these traits. To produce products from livestock, pork industries are organized in a production chain – from the breeding industry to the retail industry. Industries in a chain interact with each other to optimize economic value. (Automated) detection of biomarkers could activate processes throughout the chain that can be robotized and computerized, thereby creating economic benefit for all participants in the chain. Biomarkers may be used on individual animals and on pooled samples representing a whole herd for herd management. Here we describe how biomarkers can be developed and how they may be used to enhance value for the pork production chain industries.","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"19 1","pages":"155-166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75108478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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