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Abstract

Recently, the concept of supply chain management has been applied in the food chains with the idea of transforming agribusiness through networking and trustful partnership in the food chains. In this regard, it is important to consider the empirical knowledge of the interface among the variables of factors in the supply chain governance structure choices, the chain actors' choice of governance models, and the effects of these on the supply chain performances. The aim of this study was to empirically verify the relationships between factors existing in the business scenarios, the chain actors' governance structure choice, and supply chain performances of dairy chains in Ethiopia. The chains were assessed using the survey data that were collected from 215 chain actors and analyzed using structural equation modelling and IBM SPSS and IBM AMOS of version 24 software. The data collected were tested for the Cronbach's alpha reliability test for the internal consistency and using the different model goodness of fit measure tests. The results showed that the transaction cost, trust, and uncertainty significantly (P

Keywords

dairy; Ethiopia; supply chain governance structure; supply chain performance

Published in

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
2018, volume: 21, number: 8, pages: 1061-1081
Publisher: WAGENINGEN ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS

SLU Authors

Global goals (SDG)

SDG2 Zero hunger

UKÄ Subject classification

Economics
Other Agricultural Sciences not elsewhere specified
Transport Systems and Logistics

Publication identifier

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.22434/IFAMR2018.0001

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/97678