Governance Structure Within the Cooperative “Res-Group” In Supply Chain Management of Apple Production in Prespa Region, Republic of Macedonia
Governance Structure Within the Cooperative “Res-Group” In Supply Chain Management of Apple Production in Prespa Region, Republic of Macedonia

Summary/Abstract: Apple production in Republic of Macedonia is an important sector that highly contributes to the economy in terms of employment and income, especially for small-scale farmers in Prespa Region. Thus, producing around 67 percent of the total apple yield in the country in 2012 year is. Therefore, apples are mostly sold at local green markets, which are still dominant points of marketing left by the old socialist system. The rationale is that, the governance structure affects other decisions (directly or not) taken by farmers with regard to the membership status and choice of transaction partner. In apple production, traders are other transaction structures besides the cooperative that operates in the apple supply chain in R. Macedonia. With respect to each set of decisions, hypotheses were formulated as study guides. Specifically, these hypotheses relate to determinants associated with different trading partners (cooperative, traders and combined) and commitment factors in the governance structure of the cooperative.

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