Vera Belaya

University of Hohenheim

Vocational education and training (VET) has been facing a lot of challenges lately in the context of geostrategic forces that are shaping our world. Recent technological changes, combined with shifts in global economic power, accelerating urbanization, and demographic changes have put pressure on the VET to become more responsive to the needs of th...

The importance of power is underlined by many scientists who view it as a key behavioral construct. Power distinguishes itself as an effective tool in coordinating and promoting harmonious relationships, solving conflicts, and enhancing performance. An important challenge is to determine what role power plays in managing business-to-business relati...

Vertical collaborations in supply chains imply the achievement of mutual benefits for the participating partners such as increasing sales, reducing costs and risks and improving the overall performance. However, the benefits are sometimes difficult to gain due to existing differences in interests and goals of the individual chain members. Thus, con...

Much of scientific works have been written about power and trust as constructs of business-to-business relationships separately. However, most of the existing literature studies power and trust in relation to conflict or satisfaction, and the links between power and trust and their role in supply chain networks appear to be largely ignored as a res...

The research topic of asymmetrical power relationships has been receiving increasingly more attention lately. However, only a few scientific works have studied the questions of asymmetrical power distribution in the context of supply chain networks. The aim of our work is to identify how capable the existing power measurement efforts are of produci...

In Germany, winegrowers' co-operatives are of great importance. On the domestic consumer side, demand for branded wine is growing. Bearing this fact in mind, the study aimed at analysing branding and brand management of German wine production co-operatives. The study focused on potential problems winegrowers' co-operatives might encounter in terms...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of power on conflict in processor-supplier relationships and come up with recommendations for the use of power in conflict resolution. The study draws on data from 89 international food processors in Russia. The authors use structural equation modeling to test their hypotheses. Depending on the typ...

There is a growing body of literature on the role of power and influence as key behavioural constructs in supply chains. In order to use power it is necessary to apply specific influence strategies which represent certain techniques to gain desired objectives. In order to manage supply chain networks successfully the knowledge of different influenc...

Winzergenossenschaften nehmen in Deutschland eine bedeutsame Stellung ein. Auf der Konsumseite zeigt sich, dass Markenweine hierzulande immer stärker nachgefragt werden. Zielsetzung war es von diesem Standpunkt aus die Markenbildung und -führung deutscher Winzergenossenschaften zu untersuchen. Im Zentrum der Untersuchung stand somit die Frage, welc...

Retail chains have increased in importance during the past several decades. Currently, only a handful of retailers dominate the major food markets. The resulting market shares are generally viewed as the major source of market power for these firms. We consider market power in the German agrifood industry using the framework developed by French and...

As the German agrifood industry is characterized by high competitiveness, the importance of customer orientation has been increasing for many years. As a result, firms work hard to differentiate their products and services. As an example, German retailers are increasing their company profile by establishing retail brands and specialized assortments...

The importance of power is underlined by many scientists who view it as a key behavioural construct. Power distinguishes itself as an effective tool in coordinating and promoting harmonious relationships, solving conflicts, and enhancing performance. An important challenge is to find out what role power plays in managing supply chain networks, payi...

The internationalization of food retailing and manufacturing that has swept through the agri-food system in industrialised countries is now moving into Russia. When retailers as well as processors enter a new country they face the challenge of building up their procurement and distribution systems. Thus, it is observable that modern management conc...

The internationalization of food retailing and manufacturing that has swept through the agri-food system in industrialised countries is now moving into Russia. When retailers as well as processors enter a new country they face the challenge of building up their procurement and distribution systems. Thus, it is observable that modem management conce...

The research topic of power relationships has been receiving increasingly more attention lately. However, only a few scientific works have studied power in the context of supply chain management. In this regard, intriguing research questions arise of how to distinguish among and deal with negative and positive effects of power in order to avoid pro...

The internationalisation of food retailing and manufacturing that has swept through the agrifood system in industrialised countries is now moving into Russia. When retailers as well as processors enter a new country they face the challenge to build up their procurement and distribution systems. In this way modern management concepts are exported. T...

Power, one of the key elements of business-to-business relationships, has been viewed from two standpoints - good and evil. Because supply chain management consists of both alignment of interests (cooperation) and alignment of actions (coordination), we assume that both sides of power can be used effectively to manage supply chain networks. We look...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine power from a multi‐theoretical perspective by comparing and analyzing different views and definitions of power in order to use the findings for further studying this construct as a key element for managerial purposes in the interorganizational context. Design/methodology/approach – An overview of t...

The research topic of asymmetrical power relationships has been receiving increasingly more attention lately. However, only a few scientific works have studied power in the context of supply chain networks. Consisting of collaborative interactions among numerous firms, such networks possess a focal actor represented by a well-branded company. The o...

Due to the characteristics of wine, it is usually not produced and marketed in vertically integrated chains but rather in vertical collaborations also called "supply chain networks". Being of strategic nature, such networks can be characterized as pyramidal-hierarchic collaborations which possess a focal firm (chain captain) coordinating the networ...

Power plays a key role in any chain relationship. In the past large manufacturers such as Unilever and Nestle were the most dominant players in the chain. However, as a result of consolidation among retailers, power has shifted towards retailers. Nowadays such retailers as Wal-Mart, Carrefour, and Tesco are seen as powerful gatekeepers controlling...

In order to manage supply chain relationships effectively both aspects - the need to align the actions in order to coordinate the network and the alignment of interests of cooperating actors – are important. Therefore, the coexistence of both cooperative and competitive constructs should be recognized, where power coexists alongside with trust...

The internationalization process of the retailing sector is still in its turbulent starting phase. The present process of retail internationalization has created new trends in the agri-food sector such as global sourcing and retail branding. The example of Metro Group Russia underlines this point. The introduction and implementation of supply chain...

One of the prerequisites for a supply chain network is the existence of a focal company, which possesses power to coordinate the network in order to realize its strategic objectives. Power represents one of the major elements of the supply chain management and seems to have been treated in the literature in contrasting ways from the two sides “dark...

The recent developments of Russian and Ukrainian economies and rapid growth of food industries have proven to be one of the key motives for international companies to enter these countries and stirred up active investments into the food sector. It is observable that when foreign food retailers and branded food processing companies enter a new count...

Due to the pyramidal-hierarchical structure of supply chain networks power is an essential part of them and the fact that it is very often unequally distributed among the participants is quite obvious, which might represent great difficulties for member-owned enterprise coops. By clarifying the concept of power and identifying its five different so...