Title
Does Collaboration Pay In Agricultural Supply Chain? An Empirical Approach
Abstract
This paper examines the effect of different types of collaboration on the level of Postharvest Food Losses (PHFL) and the proportion of low-quality peaches produced using a unique data-set of Greek peach producers.Quantile regression techniques are adopted to estimate the effectsat different points of the conditional distribution of our variables of interest. The findings of this study suggest that high levels of collaboration between producers and cooperatives are associated with both low levels of PHFL and a low proportion of low-quality peaches. We also find that specific types of collaboration, such as goal congruence', can play a significant role in reducing PHFL and improving the quality of peach production at the extremes of the distribution. Important policy implications regarding collaborative practices and systems that can be implemented to reduce PHFL and boost a producer's performance together with sustainability credentials are drawn from this study.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1080/00207543.2018.1440654
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
Keywords
DocType
Volume
agricultural supply chain, postharvest food loss, supply chain collaboration, performance measures, empirical study
Journal
56
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
13
0020-7543
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
5
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stella Despoudi100.34
Grammatoula Papaioannou2452.91
George Saridakis3122.21
Samir Dani451.44