The preoccupation of the agri-food value chain literature with organizational design issues.

What is it about?

Explaining underlying factors for value creation seem to have received less attention in the literature compared to organizational design issues of designing value chains - this paper asks 'why'?

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Why is it important?

asymmetric distribution of market power, lack of trust, lack of effective use of residual claimancy, and lack of transparent and consumer-driven grading and certification institutions are key factors potentially inhibiting coordinated value creation, helping to explain why organizational design issues retain focus on efforts to drive value chain performance.