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Influence Strategies in South African Wine Value Chains

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

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Title Influence Strategies in South African Wine Value Chains
 
Creator Ewert, Joachim
Hanf, Jon
 
Subject Global Value Chains; Influence Strategies; Wine; South Africa; Upgrading
 
Description In development studies, the concept of a value chain is neatly connected with the process of upgrading i.e. firms are enabled to not only to act as bulk suppliers but instead to sell branded goods to (international) markets. However, the notion of upgrading has been challenged by several authors. For instance, with regard to the South African wine industry Ponte and Ewert (2009) show that a better outcome or ‘deal’ does not necessarily follow in the wake of higher value added.Drawing on a number of detailed case studies, in this paper we investigate this conclusion in more depth. By doing so, we try to explain which paths South African producer cellars have or have not chosen, and why. As global value chain theory posits that the governance structure of value chains are of crucial importance, we will pay particular interest to the design of the chains as a success factor.
 
Publisher CentMA
 
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Date 2015-11-30
 
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/643
10.18461/ijfsd.v6i4.643
 
Source International Journal on Food System Dynamics; Vol 6, No 4 (2015); 236 - 247
1869-6945
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/fsd/article/view/643/508
 
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