Does collaboration pay in agricultural supply chain? An empirical approach

Stella Despoudi; Grammatoula Papaioannou; Samir  Dani; George Saridakis

doi:10.1080/00207543.2018.1440654

Does collaboration pay in agricultural supply chain? An empirical approach

Stella Despoudi, Grammatoula Papaioannou, Samir Dani, George Saridakis

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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 effects at 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4396-4417
Journal	International Journal of Production Research
Volume	56
Issue number	13
Early online date	5 Mar 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2018.1440654
Publication status	Published - Jul 2018

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in International Journal of Production Research on 5 Mar 2018, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00207543.2018.1440654

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