Grape supply chain: Vertical coordination in Ningxia, China

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Published: 2021-02-02
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13057/asianjagric/g050103
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China, political influence, supply chain management, vertical coordination, wine
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SHUO LI
Hochschule Geisenheim University, Von-Lade-Str. 1, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany
LINDA BITSCH ♥
Hochschule Geisenheim University, Von-Lade-Str. 1, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7009-4124 (unauthenticated)
JON H. HANF
Hochschule Geisenheim University, Von-Lade-Str. 1, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany

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Abstract. Li S, Bitsch L, Hanf JH. 2021. Grape supply chain: Vertical coordination in Ningxia, China. Asian J Agric 5: 12-21. Since 2018, China has been the second-largest grape-growing country in the world, with 875 thousand hectares in total. A former study indicated a transformation within the wine grape supply chain management in the Chinese wine market, from traditional coordination to significant vertical integration. The Ningxia Helan Mountain’s Eastern Foothill wine region (China) is considered to be the best wine region in China and has potential to lead domestic wine production. This study summarizes the typology of grape supply models in the Ningxia wine industry.  We also examine influencing factors for the arrangements of current vertical coordination models of grape materials supply, particularly the hybrid organizations and contractual relationships are analyzed.

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021)

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LINDA BITSCH, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Von-Lade-Str. 1, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany

Linda Bitsch is currently a PhD student at Geisenheim University. She holds Master of Science in Wine Business from the Justus-Liebig-University Gießen/Geisenheim University. During her studies she completed several internships and stays abroad in Australia, Italy, Armenia and Georgia. Her research interests are related to agri-food supply chain management, cooperatives, strategic management and behavioural economics.

JON H. HANF, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Von-Lade-Str. 1, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany

Prof. Dr. Jon Henrich Hanf is currently the program coordinator of the study field ‘Economics’ of Geisenheim University comprising the bachelor programs ‘International Wine Business’ as well as ‘Internationale Weinwirtschaft’ and the master program ‘Weinwirtschaft’. In 2010 he was appointed at the University of Geisenheim as a professor for ‘International Wine Business’. Prior he was leader of the research group ‘Marketing’ at Leibniz-Institute for Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO) in Halle (Saale) Germany. His research interests include marketing, strategic management, and supply chain management focusing on transition economies and the wine business. He has published over 100 peer reviewed articles in books, conference proceedings, and peer reviewed journals such as Agribusiness: An international Journal, Food Economics, Journal of East European Management Studies and Journal on Wine Research. In the context of transition countries and agricultural value chains he also conducted several research and consultancy projects funded the German Research Society (DFG), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and the World Bank.

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Li, S., Bitsch, L., & Hanf, J. (2021). Grape supply chain: Vertical coordination in Ningxia, China . Asian Journal of Agriculture, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.13057/asianjagric/g050103

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