Garcia Martinez, Marian, Poole, Nigel (2004) Analysing Linkages between Strategy, Performance, Management Structure and Culture in the Spanish Fresh Produce Industry. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 7 (4). pp. 16-39. ISSN 1096-7508. (KAR id:10232)
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Abstract
This article reports the results of an industry-level study that seeks to identifyempirical regularities between firm strategy, management style, organisationalstructure and performance in the Spanish fresh fruit and vegetable (freshproduce) industry using strategic group analysis. Groups were formed from keydimensions reflecting firms’ strategicorientations. Performance levels did notdiffer systematically between strategicgroups, but performance was found to beinfluenced by the alignment between entrepreneurial culture and organisationalstructure. A move towards greater flexibility and/or adopting an entrepreneurialstyle are both likely to contribute to an improvement in the overall performanceof the firm
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled keywords: | strategic groups, business strate gy, management structure, fresh produce |
Subjects: | S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) |
Divisions: |
Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Economics Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and International Business |
Depositing User: | Marian Garcia |
Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2008 09:30 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 09:49 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/10232 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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