Research on organizational and inter‐organizational trust has become an important field in management andmarketing literature, as it is perceived as a pivotal aspect of business transactions. However, clarifications arestill needed on the issue of whom we trust; is the person whom we are...

Farmers Markets are receiving an increasing attention by both food chains actors and social scientists. Economicand sociological studies are contributing to the comprehension of these forms of exchange. Both consumers andproducers are fostering their expectations about the renewal of a mode of...

The architecture of the firm involves determination of a boundary that encompasses the functions managed by thefirm. The past decade has seen substantial reorganization of firms where vertical or horizontal integration has beenunbundled into weaker forms of collaborations including value chains...

The locus of innovation is not the individual firm anymore but increasingly the network in which the firm is embedded. Hence, in this paper innovation is investigated in the broader context of networks and applied to the traditional food sector. Networking refers to a process of identifying and...

The importance of organizational issues to assess the success of international development project has not beenfully considered yet. An analysis of the literature on the project success definition, focused on the successcriteria and success factors, was carried out by surveying the contribution...

“Growing awareness among consumers about sustainability issues ‐ ranging from recycling to fair wages forworkers ‐ are starting to shape consumer buying patterns” (Partos 2009). Especially for conscious consumersethical and sustainable consumption are becoming mainstream.With regard to...

Fresh fruits are always recommended as ingredients in healthiest diets. However, there is a tendency forconsumers to move their consumption towards transformed fruits, which are integrated in many food products.Quite commonly fresh fruits are difficult to handle and store but they also do not...

The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in whichsupply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close thisresearch gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility of...

In the absence of reliable a priori information, choosing the appropriate theoretical model to describe anindustry’s behavior is a critical issue for empirical studies about market power. A wrong choice may result inmodel misspecification and the conclusions of the empirical analysis may be...

The debate about the governance of complex systems of production represents a rich branchof the literature of applied organization theory. The particular application to agro‐relatednetworks is a relevant example since agriculture plays new roles in modern society. The coreof the analysis is...