COSTECH Integrated Repository

The effects of the degree of produce perishability and the choice of procurement channel on supplier opportunism: empirical evidence from the food processing industry

Show simple item record

dc.creator Kanani, Renger
dc.date 2020-01-23T04:44:28Z
dc.date 2020-01-23T04:44:28Z
dc.date 2018
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-07T11:55:41Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-07T11:55:41Z
dc.identifier - Kanani, R., & Buvik, A. (2018). The effects of the degree of produce perishability and the choice of procurement channel on supplier opportunism: empirical evidence from the food processing industry. International Journal of Procurement Management, 11(1), 113-133.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5367
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5367
dc.description Opportunism is an important topic in supply chain management and distribution channels. The emergence of this behaviour in buyer-supplier relationships tends to reduce performance while diminishing value creation in the effected relations. Different transactions call for different control levels depending on the gravity of opportunism in the transaction, with the need for control being higher as opportunism increases. In this regard, it is important to understand the factors that give rise to opportunism to apply appropriate control mechanisms. This study, therefore, explores the effect of the degree of the perishability of the transacted produce on supplier opportunism. Additionally, this study treated the choice of procurement channel as a control mechanism; therefore, we compared the effect of perishability on opportunism in direct and indirect procurement channels. In this study, cross-sectional survey data collected from 239 food processor-produce supplier relationships served as a source of empirical evidence. The empirical findings support our hypotheses and demonstrate that perishability is positively associated with supplier opportunism, with the effect being significantly lower in the direct procurement channels than in the indirect procurement channel.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Inderscience Publishers
dc.relation Vol.11;No. 1
dc.subject transaction cost theory; perishability; opportunism; procurement channels; buyer-supplier relationships
dc.title The effects of the degree of produce perishability and the choice of procurement channel on supplier opportunism: empirical evidence from the food processing industry
dc.type Journal Article


Files in this item

Files Size Format View

There are no files associated with this item.

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

Search COSTECH


Advanced Search

Browse

My Account