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The role of adverse economic environment and human capital on collaboration within agri-food supply chains

Papaioannou, Grammatoula, Mohammed, Anne-Marie, Despoudi, Stella, Saridakis, George, Papadopoulos, Thanos (2020) The role of adverse economic environment and human capital on collaboration within agri-food supply chains. International Journal of Information Management, 52 . Article Number 102077. ISSN 0268-4012. (doi:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102077) (KAR id:80216)

Abstract

This paper examines the role of adverse economic conditions and human capital on different types of collaboration within agri-food supply chains. Data was collected from the Greek agricultural sector, covering periods of economic hardship. The results reveal that the impact of adverse economic conditions on the collaborative constructs of goal congruence, decision synchronization, incentive alignment, resource sharing and joint knowledge creation is nonlinear, specifically an inverted U for all of them. For collaboration constructs of information sharing and collaborative communication, the results reveal that under adverse economic conditions, the farmers do not collaborate. We also show that aspects of human capital such as age, education and farming experience affect collaboration. Our contribution lies in investigating the potential non-linear relationship between adverse economic conditions and various types of collaboration. Therefore, this study provides several managerial implications and insight for policymakers, while filling a crucial gap in the literature due to the limited existing studies that consider the impact of adverse economic conditions on agri-food supply chains.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102077
Uncontrolled keywords: Adverse economic environment, Human capital, Supply chain collaboration, Information sharing, Agri-food chains
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Analytics, Operations and Systems
Depositing User: George Saridakis
Date Deposited: 24 Feb 2020 12:44 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Jun 2023 11:25 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/80216 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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