Abstract

There are many changes in the EU Agricultural Supply Chain (ASC). These changes cause environmental turbulence for supply chain entities operating in this sector. In the Greek ASC, there is a significant decline in its performance in particular at producers’ level. Based on the Contingency Theory this paper aims to identify the relevant environmental turbulence factors in Greek ASC context from the producers’ perspective and ascertain their impact on producers based on their choice of buyer type i.e. collaboration type. Twenty in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with Greek ASC producers. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the interviews. The findings suggest the existence of six major environmental turbulence factors at producers’ level which are: regulatory, market, competitive, weather, economic and political turbulence factors. Producers selling their products to cooperatives were found to be significantly impacted by the different environmental turbulence factors. Future research directions as well as managerial and policy implications are identified.

摘要

欧盟农业供应链（ASC）有很多变化。这些变化给在该领域运营的供应链实体带来了环境动荡。在希腊 ASC，其业绩显着下降，尤其是在生产商层面。基于权变理论，本文旨在从生产者的角度识别希腊 ASC 背景下的相关环境湍流因素，并根据他们选择的买方类型（即合作类型）确定它们对生产者的影响。对希腊 ASC 制作人进行了 20 次深入的半结构化访谈。主题分析用于分析访谈。研究结果表明，在生产者层面存在六个主要的环境动荡因素，它们是：监管、市场、竞争、天气、经济和政治动荡因素。发现向合作社销售产品的生产商受到不同环境动荡因素的显着影响。确定了未来的研究方向以及管理和政策影响。