Vertical Relationships and Coordination in the Food System

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Vertical Relationships: Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence....Pages 7-20
Capabilities, Transaction Costs, and Vertical Coordination in the Food System....Pages 21-37
The Economics of Private Label Pricing and Channel Coordination....Pages 39-60
Towards a Theory of Successful Vertical Cooperation in the Food System....Pages 61-92
Value Differentiation in Agriculture: Driving Forces and Complementarities....Pages 93-112
Backward Linkages and Strategic Firm Behavior: An Application to International Trade....Pages 113-128
A Structural Vector Error-Correction Model of Price Time Series to Detect Bottleneck Stages within a Marketing Channel....Pages 129-141
The Effect of Economic Integration in Oligopolistic Markets....Pages 143-156
Globalization’s Consequences for Vertical Coordination and Competition in the Food System....Pages 157-180
Export Subsidies in a Vertically-Interrelated Marketing System: The Case of Durum Wheat and Pasta....Pages 181-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Internationalization and Vertical Relationships in the Dutch Agrifood Sector....Pages 197-210
The Economics of Learning-based Strategies and Structural Changes in the U.S. Pork Chain: A System Dynamics Perspective....Pages 211-224
Couponing as a Horizontal and Vertical Strategy: Theory and Effects....Pages 225-250
Motives, Consequences and Determinants of Vertical Contractual Relations in Agriculture: Some Results of an Empirical Investigation in Germany....Pages 251-266
Contracts Between Farmers and Farmers’ Processing Co-operatives: A Principal-Agent Approach for the Potato Starch Industry....Pages 267-284
Manufacturer Strategies in the European Food Industry....Pages 285-310
Supermarkets and Co-ordination Forms in the Food Sector....Pages 311-335
Effects of Contractual Terms on the Balance of Risk....Pages 337-346
The Role of Quality Assurance in Food Retailer-Manufacturer Relations: The Case of Food Safety Controls in the Supply of Retailer Own-branded Products in the UK....Pages 347-369
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Supply Chain Integration, Category Management and the Italian Food Retail Sector....Pages 371-393
Farmer’s Choice about Market and Contract with Price Risk....Pages 395-403
Intellectual Property Rights and the Welfare Effects of Agricultural R&D....Pages 405-431
Coordination Without Vertical Integration: The Case of the French Food System....Pages 433-442
The Efficient Consumer Response Initiative: Implications for Vertical Relationships Throughout the U.S. Food System....Pages 443-452
Vertical Coordination in Agribusiness and Food Industry: The Challenge of Developing Successful Partnerships....Pages 453-466
Front Matter....Pages 467-467
Coordination Mechanisms in the Agro-industrial System. The Case of High-Oleic Sunflower....Pages 469-486
Public Intervention in Vertically Related Markets with an Application to Dairy Policy....Pages 487-502
Vertical Coordination and Competitiveness: The Case of High Quality and Aged Foods....Pages 503-517
Vertical Coordination in the Dutch Livestock Industry: Determinants, Developments and Performance....Pages 519-534
Forward Contract Versus Spot Market: The Case of the French Beef Chain....Pages 535-545
Specific Quality and Evolution of Market Coordination Forms: The Case of Environmentally Friendly Food Products....Pages 547-560
Competitiveness and Vertical Coordination in the Apulian Agro-Food System....Pages 561-578
Coordination Efficiency: Proposals for a Framework. An Illustration with the Fresh Tomato Sector in France....Pages 579-596
Creating a Central Party to Manage a Web of Contracts: The Case of Franchising in the French Milling Industry....Pages 597-610
Vertical Integration, Causation and Price Transmission in the Spanish Hog Industry....Pages 611-627
Market Coordination in the U.S. Rice Industry: Firm Responses to Changing Demands for Product Quality....Pages 629-641
Back Matter....Pages 642-642