Overview
- Focuses on three essential elements of agricultural supply chains
- Examines agricultural supply chain operations through the lens of micro-economic theory
- Presents case studies, explains their results and use
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Supply Chain Management (SSSCM, volume 12)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Planting and Growing
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Processing and Selling
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Government Interventions
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About this book
In each chapter, contributing authors motivate their research questions by providing the context and articulating the importance of their questions.They present their analysis to examine the respective research questions and explain their results. At the end of each chapter, they provide a short list of future research questions.
Reviews
“Food security, supply and sustainability is and will be a defining global issue in the decades to come. Taking an operations and supply chain management lens, this book synthesizes cutting-edge research along the agricultural value chain, from farmers to consumers. It is essential reading for policy makers, practitioners and scholars interested in understanding and tackling the critical challenge of ensuring a sustainable food supply.” Brian Tomlin, Senior Associate Dean and William and Josephine Buchanan Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
“A perfect example of how academic research benefits the private sector… The wine industry will benefit from this insightful use of data for the entire supply chain.” Steven Becker, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
“This book is an invaluable reference for global policy makers, developmental organizations, and industry leaders seeking to transform the food system to be more sustainable, nutritious and equitable.” Emily Ma, Head, Food for Good, Google
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Onur Boyabatli is an Associate Professor of Operations Management and the holder of DBS Sustainability Fellow at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University. He is the Chair of the iFORM (Interface of Finance, Operations and Risk Management) Special Interest Group in the MSOM society. His research interests include socially-responsible supply chains, supply chain risk management, agricultural operations and supply chain finance. He is the co-editor of Handbook of Integrated Risk Management in Global Supply Chains (2011, Wiley).
Burak Kazaz is the Steven Becker Professor of Supply Chain Management and the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management. He is the Executive Vice President and President Elect of the MSOM Society, and serves as the Director of the Brethen Institute at Syracuse University. Dr. Kazaz’s research interestsinclude risk mitigation, supply chain finance, and socially-responsible supply chains.
Christopher S. Tang is a UCLA Distinguished Professor and the holder of the Edward W. Carter Chair in Business Administration. His research interests include Supply Chain Risk Management and Socially Responsible Supply Chains.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agricultural Supply Chain Management Research
Book Subtitle: Operations and Analytics in Planting, Selling, and Government Interventions
Editors: Onur Boyabatlı, Burak Kazaz, Christopher S. Tang
Series Title: Springer Series in Supply Chain Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81423-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81422-9Published: 10 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81425-0Published: 11 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-81423-6Published: 09 December 2021
Series ISSN: 2365-6395
Series E-ISSN: 2365-6409
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 286
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Operations Research/Decision Theory, Supply Chain Management