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Determinants of Sustainable Relationships in the Albanian Apple Production Sector

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

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Title Determinants of Sustainable Relationships in the Albanian Apple Production Sector
 
Creator Gërdoçi, Blendi
Skreli, Engjell
Imami, Drini
 
Subject relational governance; verbal contra; channel choice
 
Description This paper analyses the behaviour of Albanian apple growers and their relations with buyers based on a structured survey. We develop a model of relational governance that highlights the importance of sustainable (lasting) relationships and draws upon different theoretical frameworks such as transaction cost economics and social network theory and focuses on determinants of relational exchange. The findings support the social network argument that the presence of verbal agreements between business partners strongly and positively affects exchange relationships. Asset specificity and competition among buyers also affects such relationships. The results and their implications at the management and policy-making level are discussed in detail
 
Publisher CentMA
 
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Date 2016-02-25
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/fsd/article/view/715
10.18461/ijfsd.v7i1.715
 
Source International Journal on Food System Dynamics; Vol 7, No 1 (2016); 50 - 65
1869-6945
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/fsd/article/view/715/517
 
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