Integration and self regulation of quality management in Dutch agri-food supply chains: a cross-chain analysis of the poultry meat, the fruit and vegetable and the flower and potted plant chains

During the last decade, sector wide crises in agriculture have rapidly followed each other, resulting in serious consumer concerns about the quality and safety of agri-food products. To prevent new crises, governments have developed quality regulations and retailers have introduced quality managemen...

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1. Verfasser: Plaggenhoef, Wijnand van (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wageningen, The Netherlands Wageningen Academic Publishers 2007
Schriftenreihe:International chains and networks series v. 4
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Zusammenfassung:During the last decade, sector wide crises in agriculture have rapidly followed each other, resulting in serious consumer concerns about the quality and safety of agri-food products. To prevent new crises, governments have developed quality regulations and retailers have introduced quality management standards. However, concerns have been raised about the administrative burdens placed on firms, because they must comply with many private and public quality regulations. Therefore, both government and firms strive for more integration and self regulation of quality management systems. By combining managerial and economic theory, this study builds a framework to demonstrate the impact of integrated quality management on self regulation and performance. Using empirical evidence from the poultry meat, the fruit and vegetable and the flower and potted plant chains, this study show
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-248)
Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 General introduction; 1.2 Research questions; 1.3 Theoretical and managerial contributions; 1.4 Study domain; 1.5 Methodology: three phases; 1.6 Outline of the book; Chapter 2. Study domain; 2.1 The Dutch agri-food sector; 2.2 The poultry meat chain; 2.3 The fruit and vegetable chain; 2.4 The flower and potted plant chain; 2.5 European food safety and quality regulations; 2.6 Private European quality management systems; 2.7 National food safety and quality regulations; 2.8 Regulations in the poultry meat chain
2.9 Regulations for the fruit and vegetable chain 2.10 Regulations for the flowers and potted plant chain; 2.11 Concluding remarks; Chapter 3. Theoretical review; 3.1 Supply Chain Management; 3.2 Total Quality Management; 3.3 Transaction Cost Theory; 3.4 Contingency Theory; 3.5 Self regulation ; 3.6 Concluding remarks; Chapter 4. Hypotheses; 4.1 Integration of quality management; 4.2 Self regulating behaviour: commitment and enforcement; 4.3 Performance; 4.4 Concluding remarks; Chapter 5. Study design; 5.1 The conjoint analysis; 5.2 The questionnaire survey; 5.3 In-depth interviews
5.4 Concluding remarksChapter 6. Conjoint analysis results; 6.1 Study sample; 6.2 Drivers; 6.3 Ranking of the drivers ; 6.4 Concluding remarks; Chapter 7. Survey results; 7.1 Response; 7.2 Characteristics of the study samples; 7.3 Analysis of response, non-response bias and informant selection; 7.4 Analysis of generalisability ; 7.5 Analysis of the validity and reliability of the constructs; 7.6 Analysis of the structural models; 7.7 Concluding remarks; Chapter 8. Results of the in-depth interviews; 8.1 Study sample; 8.2 Factors influencing integration of quality management
8.3 Self regulating behaviour8.4 Performance; 8.5 Concluding remarks; Chapter 9. Discussion and conclusions; 9.1 Answering of the research questions; 9.2 Managerial and policy implications ; 9.3 Theoretical contribution; 9.4 Methodological implications; 9.5 Limitations of the study and recommendations for further research; 9.6 Concluding remarks; References; Appendices; Appendix 1. Validation and reliability assessment; Appendix 2. Analyses of the sub-groups; Appendix 3. The drivers and their levels included in ACA; Appendix 4. The questionnaire survey
Appendix 5. Interview protocol for the in-depth interviewsEnglish summary; About the author
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (295 Seiten) Illustrationen, map
ISBN:9789086866274
9086866271
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-627-4

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