Journal
FOOD POLICY
Volume 33, Issue 6, Pages 560-569Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2008.06.002
Keywords
Traceability; Private standard; Vertical coordination; Transaction costs; Food supply chain
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This paper analyses the effects Of Voluntary traceability on vertical relationships within food supply chains using a transaction cost perspective. The analysis makes reference to the Italian Situation where the national standard organization has introduced a private standard for traceability that provides a higher degree of information associated with the individual product than the European mandatory traceability system. A Survey was conducted by questionnaire to assess changes in transaction characteristics, costs and governance after the introduction Of Voluntary traceability. The sample represents all Italian firms applying this standard. Factorial and cluster analyses were applied to find the different reorganizations of transactions. The results highlight an increase ill asset specificity and a decrease in the uncertainty level throughout the Supply Chains. The introduction Of Voluntary traceability shows increased vertical coordination for firms that previously used oral agreements and variation ill transactions conditions for firms using contracts. Instead vertically integrated firms do not reveal any variation in the governance of transactions as they are already internally safeguarded. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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