Relational factors between supply chain actors have been acknowledged to contribute significantly to competitiveness. With the example of the German market for organic apples the suitability of the concept of the Relational View for explaining competitiveness was investigated. Structured interviews were conducted with selected actors of the supply chain. Actors at all levels of the supply chain proved to be highly committed and described their business relations as satisfying and trustful. Strong vertical and horizontal ...

In the past decades, the agricultural world has become smaller as international food businesses have become organised around a global production network. One of the main factors for the introduction of a more decentralised and flexible food and agricultural system was the wage difference between Global North and Global South actors. In addition, Global South countries have facilitated the spread of Global Agricultural Value Chain/Global Agricultural Production Networks (GAVC/GAPNs) through promoting export processing ...

Unternehmen sind angehalten, freiwillig oder gesetzlich, für ihre Handlungen Rechenschaft abzulegen. Nachhaltigkeitsberichte (Engl. sustainability reports oder ecological accounts) sind ein Weg aufzuzeigen, inwiefern sich unternehmerische Entscheidungen auf die soziale und ökologische Umwelt auswirken. Der Grund für die Untersuchung solcher ecological accounts im Rahmen dieser Dissertationsschrift ist der Einfluss von Lebensmittelunternehmen auf die soziale und natürliche Umwelt. Das Forschungsziel dieser Arbeit ist ...