The SMS will hold a Doctoral Workshop on June 13, 2019, preceding the SMS Special Conference in Frankfurt. The main objectives of the Doctoral Workshop are to foster interaction among leading faculty scholars and doctoral students on various aspects of research and on preparing for a...

Topics: - Institutional design and governance of global and/or local food supply chains - Adoption of technological, commercial and institutional innovations in food supply chains -­ Impact of specific supply chain innovations on outcome variables related to economic growth, poverty reduction,...

The seminar will focus on empirical applications on the study of governance of food and fibre value chains. Emphasis is on applications using various methodologies such as econometrics, simulations, experimental economics, networks, mathematical programming case studies, applied theory, and...