Souza Monteiro, Diogo M and Caswell, J.A. (2010) The Economics of Traceability in Multi-ingredient Supply Chains. Agribusiness, 26 (1). pp. 122-142. ISSN 0742-4477.
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Abstract
The consumption of multi-ingredient foods is increasing across the globe. Traceability can be used as a tool to gather information about and manage food safety risks associated with these types of products. The authors investigate the choice of voluntary traceability in three-tiered multi-ingredient food supply chains. They propose a framework based on vertical control and agency theory to model three dimensions of traceability systems: depth, breadth, and precision. Their analysis has three main results. First, full traceability is feasible as long as there are net benefits to a downstream firm that demands traceability across all ingredients. Second, horizontal network externalities are positive because an increase in the level of traceability in one ingredient requires a similar increase in others. Finally, vertical network effects will be positive insofar as willingness to pay and probabilities of food safety hazards increase.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > Kent Business School > Marketing |
| Depositing User: | Claire Baldock |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2009 12:12 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2012 15:16 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/23465 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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