Modelling buyer-seller relationships in agribusiness in South East Asia

A model of buyer-seller relationships is developed to examine the nature of the long-term relationships between Filipino potato farmers and their seed suppliers. Relational satisfaction is derived from the seed supplier's offer quality (seed quality, delivery intent and competitive price), rela...

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Main Author: Batt, Peter
Other Authors: D .Ford
Format: Conference Paper
Published: University of Bath 2000
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8110
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description A model of buyer-seller relationships is developed to examine the nature of the long-term relationships between Filipino potato farmers and their seed suppliers. Relational satisfaction is derived from the seed supplier's offer quality (seed quality, delivery intent and competitive price), relationship specific investments (adaptions, communication, education and training and reciprocal buying) and a reduction in uncertainty in the seed supply market. However, rather than satisfaction leading to trust, satisfaction has a more direct impact on a potato farmer's desire to maintain a long-term relationship. Nevertheless, in the absence of a formal seed certification system and the nature of the long-term credit arrangements that often exist between farmers and seed suppliers, including reciprocal purchasing arrangements, trust remains a key relationship building variable. Fortuitously, seed suppliers have an opportunity to build trust with potato farmers through making relationship specific investments.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-81102022-09-06T04:55:08Z Modelling buyer-seller relationships in agribusiness in South East Asia Batt, Peter D .Ford P. Naude T. Ritter P.W. Turnbull S. Leek A model of buyer-seller relationships is developed to examine the nature of the long-term relationships between Filipino potato farmers and their seed suppliers. Relational satisfaction is derived from the seed supplier's offer quality (seed quality, delivery intent and competitive price), relationship specific investments (adaptions, communication, education and training and reciprocal buying) and a reduction in uncertainty in the seed supply market. However, rather than satisfaction leading to trust, satisfaction has a more direct impact on a potato farmer's desire to maintain a long-term relationship. Nevertheless, in the absence of a formal seed certification system and the nature of the long-term credit arrangements that often exist between farmers and seed suppliers, including reciprocal purchasing arrangements, trust remains a key relationship building variable. Fortuitously, seed suppliers have an opportunity to build trust with potato farmers through making relationship specific investments. 2000 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8110 University of Bath fulltext
spellingShingle Batt, Peter
Modelling buyer-seller relationships in agribusiness in South East Asia
title Modelling buyer-seller relationships in agribusiness in South East Asia
title_full Modelling buyer-seller relationships in agribusiness in South East Asia
title_fullStr Modelling buyer-seller relationships in agribusiness in South East Asia
title_full_unstemmed Modelling buyer-seller relationships in agribusiness in South East Asia
title_short Modelling buyer-seller relationships in agribusiness in South East Asia
title_sort modelling buyer-seller relationships in agribusiness in south east asia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8110