This paper contributes to the overall discussion on the relational resources then, in particular, attempts to recognize inter-firm investments in the agrifood industry. It is essentially grounded in an integrative approach which combines relational and resource-based views. Our goal in this paper is to find out if and how relational investment contributes to a sustainable relational advantage of business relationships in the agrifood industry. Producers, processors and traders who undertake investments in conjunction with their contractors were queried. The main areas of these investment activities and the potential of a sustainable relational advantage are explored. On this basis, a model of resource-based sustainable relational advantage in agrifood business relationships was executed. It was found that relational investments aimed at optimization of supply and provision as well as food safety and social responsibility create and sustain a relational advantage. Those aimed at technology and ecology implicate an unexploited relational advantage. Subsequent human, financial and real capital investments implicate a temporary relational advantage. The added value of this study lies in the implementation of an integrative approach to investigating the development potential of sustainable resource ties in the agrifood industry.

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农业食品工业中可持续资源纽带的发展：波兰果蔬业的案例

本文有助于有关关系资源的整体讨论，然后特别是试图认识到农业食品行业的公司间投资。它本质上是基于结合了基于关系的视图和基于资源的视图的集成方法。我们本文的目标是找出关系投资是否以及如何为农业食品行业的业务关系带来可持续的关系优势。询问了与承包商一起进行投资的生产商，加工商和贸易商。探索了这些投资活动的主要领域以及可持续的关系优势的潜力。在此基础上，建立了农业食品业务关系中基于资源的可持续关系优势模型。人们发现，旨在优化供应和供应以及食品安全和社会责任的关系投资可以创造并维持关系优势。那些针对技术和生态学的方法暗示了未开发的关系优势。随后的人力，财务和实际资本投资意味着暂时的关系优势。这项研究的附加价值在于实施综合方法，以调查农业食品行业中可持续资源纽带的发展潜力。