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- Title
Aligning branding strategies and governance of vertical transactions in agri-food chains.
- Authors
Raynaud, Emmanuel; Sauvée, Loïc; Valceschini, Egizio
- Abstract
This article looks at the i\nteractions between branding strategies and governance of vertical transactions. Branding strategy refers to the choice of information provided to consumers through a brand name. Governance refers to contractual agreements organizing transactions in vertical chains. We build on the logic of transaction costs economics to analyze these interactions. We provide an empirical analysis based on case studies to illustrate how governance structures are aligned with branding strategies. We show that the governance will depend on the salience of transactions. Critical or quality-relevant transactions are more tightly controlled than the others. We also explore the consequences of our results for the alignment principle described in Oliver Williamson's work.
- Subjects
BRANDING (Marketing); BRAND name products; COMMERCIAL products; TRANSACTION costs; PRODUCT quality
- Publication
Industrial & Corporate Change, 2009, Vol 18, Issue 5, p835
- ISSN
0960-6491
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/icc/dtp026