Power plays a key role in any chain relationship. In the past large manufacturers such as Unilever and Nestle were the … most dominant players in the chain. However, as a result of consolidation among retailers, power has shifted towards … going on about the role of power in chains and marketing channels. In order to understand how power and its interactions …

cooperative and competitive constructs should be recognized, where power coexists alongside with trust. Many scientific works have … been written on power and trust as constructs of business-to-business relationships separately. However, most of the … existing relationship marketing literature studies power and trust in relation to conflict or satisfaction, and the link …

stimulate economic performance of the whole agro-food network. …

The aim of this paper is to examine the literature addressing network performance and the factors influencing it … framework based on the strategy-structure-performance paradigm of strategic management. Findings – Based on the outputs of the … literature review, a conceptual framework describing network performance is proposed. Following this framework, it is suggested …

firm performance in vegetable industry in P.R. China. We interviewed 167 vegetable producers and 84 companies to test our … chain performance. Results imply that the effects of guanxi networks differ for producers and companies in the chains. Study … buyer - seller relationships and chain performance jointly with guanxi networks. Paper ends with several managerial …