This paper analyses voluntary traceability effects on the coordination of the food supply chain from the transaction cost perspective. The analysis focuses on Italian firms and makes particular reference to the meat sector. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire to assess the changes in key transaction factors and costs after the introduction of traceability. The results underline an increase in the degree of human, material and site asset specificity, and reveal a reduction in the degree of uncertainty in transactions. Growth in some transaction costs related to monitoring is also observed. Factorial and cluster analysis were used to underline the different organizational solutions of the firms.
Voluntary Traceability and Transaction Costs : An Empirical Analysis in the Italian Meat Processing Supply Chain / A. Banterle, S. Stranieri, L. Baldi - In: Trust and Risk in Business Networks : Proceedings of 99th Seminar of the European Association of Agricultural Economists / [a cura di] M. Fritz, U. Rickert, G. Schiefer. - Bonn : Universitat Bonn - ILB Press, 2006. - ISBN 9783932887840. - pp. 565-573 (( Intervento presentato al 99. convegno Seminar of the European Association of Agricultural Economists tenutosi a Bonn nel 2006.
Voluntary Traceability and Transaction Costs : An Empirical Analysis in the Italian Meat Processing Supply Chain
A. BanterlePrimo
;S. StranieriSecondo
;L. BaldiUltimo
2006
Abstract
This paper analyses voluntary traceability effects on the coordination of the food supply chain from the transaction cost perspective. The analysis focuses on Italian firms and makes particular reference to the meat sector. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire to assess the changes in key transaction factors and costs after the introduction of traceability. The results underline an increase in the degree of human, material and site asset specificity, and reveal a reduction in the degree of uncertainty in transactions. Growth in some transaction costs related to monitoring is also observed. Factorial and cluster analysis were used to underline the different organizational solutions of the firms.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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