Food supply networks : trust and e-business /

• Other Authors: Fritz, Melanie, (Editor), Schiefer, Gerhard W., (Editor), Canavari, Maurizio, 1964- (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2016.
• Subjects: Food supply > Case studies. > Europe; Electronic commerce > Case studies. > Europe; Trust > Case studies. > Europe; Information and Documentation.; Agricultural Economics.; Food Economics, (New March 2000); Marketing and Distribution.; Meat Produce.; Crop Produce.; Communication and Mass Media.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Attitudes.; Cereals.; Cultural differentiation.; E-commerce.; Food marketing.; Fruit.; Information technology.; Marketing channels.; Meat.; Olive oil.; Telecommunications.; Vegetables.
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This book bridges the gap between innovative ICT potentials for cost-efficient processes in the European food chain and trust between companies in the food chain. Using case studies from European countries, chapters discuss trust-building methods for food networks in an e-business environment. Key i...

Table of Contents:

• An Introduction to Food Supply Networks : Trust and E-business / Maurizio Canavari, Melanie Fritz and Gerhard Schiefer
• Trust in the Agri-food Sector : A Typology with a Cultural Perspective / Gert Jan Hofstede, Elsje Oosterkamp and Melanie Fritz
• The Main Cross-border Food Trade Streams within and to Europe / Jivka Deiters, Melanie Fritz and Gerhard Schiefer
• The Analysis of Procurement Risk Perceptions within Traditional Cross-border Transactions in Food Supply Networks / Barbara M. Novak, Maurizio Canavari, Gerhard Schiefer, Melanie Fritz and Jivka Deiters
• Trust-building Features in Traditional Cross-border Transactions in Food Supply Networks / Oliver Meixner, Rainer Haas and Christoph Ameseder
• E-commerce and ICT Adoption in the Spanish Agri-food Sector : Looking for Key Factors Performance in E-food Markets / Julián Briz, M. Cristina Fernández, Isabel de Felipe and Teresa Briz
• An Analysis of the Role of E-marketplaces in Food Networks / Erika Pignatti and Gert-jan van Sprundel
• A Typology of Trust When We Introduce Information Technology / Maurizio Canavari, Jivka Deiters, Melanie Fritz, Gert Jan Hofstede, Gert-jan van Sprundel, Erika Pignatti, Aristides Matopoulos, Maro Vlachopoulou, Julián Briz and M. Cristina Fernández
• The Creation of Trust in E-business Cross-border Transactions in Food Supply Networks / Rainer Haas, Oliver Meixner and Christoph Ameseder
• Trust and E-business in Food Supply Networks : Summary and Conclusions / Maurizio Canavari, Barbara M. Novak, Melanie Fritz, Jivka Deiters and Gerhard Schiefer.