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Nordic-Iberian Cod Value Chains

Explaining salted fish trade patterns

  • Explores changes and driving forces behind the trading pattern of codfish (Bacalao)
  • Identifies the structure, drivers and governing conventions in the value chain, over time
  • Reveals the constraining effect of value chain policy on industrial conventions and market adaptations
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: MARE Publication Series (MARE, volume 8)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • Knut Bjørn Lindkvist, Torbjørn Trondsen
    Pages 1-5
  3. Analysing Food Chain Development: A Theoretical Framework

    • Heidi Bjønnes Larsen, Knut Bjørn Lindkvist, José Luis Sánchez-Hernández, Torbjørn Trondsen
    Pages 7-22
  4. Regionalism in the Salted Codfish Market in Spain

    • Ana Espinosa Seguí, Inmaculada Martínez Alba
    Pages 55-70
  5. Innovation and Change of the Spanish Cod Fishing Industry

    • Manuel González-López, Alexandre Trigo, Sebastián Villasante
    Pages 103-113
  6. Knowledge Conventions and Public Infrastructure

    • Torbjørn Schei
    Pages 167-179
  7. An Analysis for a Norwegian Recapturing of a Salted Fish Market in Spain

    • Heidi Bjønnes Larsen, Knut Bjørn Lindkvist, Torbjørn Trondsen
    Pages 199-215
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 217-223

About this book

This book is a multidisciplinary analysis of cultural, regional and economic factors affecting international food trade. Contributions from expert authors illuminate the importance of food culture prevailing in the market as a basis for decisions about food trading. Central concepts include value chains, conventions and public infrastructure and their importance for international trade.

The reader is taken into a discussion about cultural and economic contexts which influence local decisions among buyers and manufacturers of seafood and how those contexts mutually influence trade between countries. Chapters investigate the trading pattern of codfish (Bacalao), between Nordic and Iberian countries and discuss how business relations are created and structured. The driving forces behind such patterns and how business relations become habits which are hard to change, are revealed through the research presented.

As a multidisciplinary work, this book will have broad appeal. It will be of interest to those exploring cultural, economic and public policy issues associated with food trade, as well as anyone with an interest in the seafood market or the Nordic and Iberian regions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    Knut Bjørn Lindkvist

  • University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

    Torbjørn Trondsen

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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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