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Ph.D. Course
Empirical Applications of Economic Organization and Institutions in Agri-Food Value Chains
with Johan F.M. Swinnen
22–26 August 2014University of Primorska, Faculty of ManagementKoper, Slovenia, www.fm-kp.si/en
Host University of Primorska, Faculty of Management
Dates Welcome: Friday 22 August 8h30Lectures: Friday 22 August – Sunday 24 AugustPre-EAAE-Conference workshop: Tuesday 26 August (in Ljubljana)
Teachers J.F.M. Swinnen, K.U.Leuven, BelgiumK. Karantininis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - SLU, Sweden G. Martino, University of Perugia, ItalyS. Pascucci, University of Wageningen, NetherlandsJ.-M. Codron, INRA, Montpellier Supagro, FranceL. Dries, University of Wageningen, Netherlands (Course coordinator)S. Bojnec, University of Primorska, Slovenia (Local organiser)
Course Description
The course has two main objectives. First, to familiarize participants with the main concepts of New Institutional Economics and specifically Transaction Cost Economics that are relevant for the study of economic organization and coordination problems. Second, the course focuses on empirical applications of this theoretical background in agri-food value chains.
The first part of the course – three days – will focus on the theoretical framework and econometric applications. Students will be challenged to look at value chains from the transaction costs perspective, to identify the transaction, to distinguish different governance structures and types of organization, and to understand the role of institutions in explaining governance and organizations. The practical sessions will introduce students to using the analytical tools available in their research. Examples will come from the lecturers’ experience and research activities. Furthermore, these practical sessions will also be open to discuss participants’ own research.
In the second part of the course – one day – students are invited to participate in the pre-conference workshop “It’s a jungle out there: The strange animals of economic organization in agri-food value chains” which is endorsed by the European Association of Agricultural Economists and precedes the tri-annual EAAE Congress in Ljubljana. Invited speakers, Claude Ménard (Université de Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne) and A. Grandori (Bocconi University), will kick-off the pre-conference workshop by presenting the challenging task: to explore the diversity in organizational forms that exist in the agri-food sector and to identify an appropriate theoretical framework that allows analyzing and explaining this diversity. Next, various scholars will present analyses and case-studies of a variety of economic organizations in the agri-food sector. For more information on the pre-conference workshop, please visit the congress website: http://www.eaae2014.si/congress/pre-congress-workshop/workshop-1
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to: Recognize the function of and distinction among organizational arrangements Apply the transaction cost theory to analyze the choice and structure of contracts
and organizational forms Evaluate empirically the determinants of alternative organizational arrangements Apply the above skills in problems related to agri-food value chains
Pre- Requisites Intermediate Microeconomics Elementary Econometrics Experience with SPSS or other econometrics software
program is an asset.
Materials and preparation
A Literature List will be prepared by the lecturers Students will have to submit a one page proposal of a
research paper based on the pre-assigned literature prior to the start of the course
This proposal will be discussed and elaborated during the course and will form the basis for the students’ papers to be submitted after the end of the course
Credits To receive course credits, participants have to submit a
research paper within 2 months after the completion of the course. Guidelines for writing the research paper will be provided by the lecturers.
Selected research papers may be considered for publication in the journal Management (http://www.fm-kp.si/zalozba/ISSN/1854-4231.htm)
After successful completion of the course, students will be awarded with 4 ECTS course credits
Course schedule
Date Time Activity Lecturers
Friday 22 August
8.30-9.00 Welcome and introduction participants S. Bojnec / L. DriesRepresentative FM
9.00-10.30 Transactions and Governance in agri-food value chains: Theory
K. Karantininis
Coffee break11.00-12.30 Transactions and Governance in agri-food
value chains: TheoryK. Karantininis
Lunch13.30-15.30 Student research proposals:
Small group discussionsAll
Coffee break16.00-18.00 Empirical applications in SPSS: Introduction L. Dries
Saturday23 August
8.30-10.00 Power relations and contract enforcement in agri-food chains: empirical evidence
L. Dries
Coffee break10.30-12.00 Analysing participation in agri-food chains: a
TCE perspectiveS. Pascucci
Lunch13.30-15.30 Empirical applications in SPSS:
Transactions, Governance, Institutions L. Dries / S. Pascucci
Coffee break16.00-18.00 Empirical applications in SPSS:
Organization and InnovationL. Dries / S. Pascucci
Sunday 24 August
8.30-10.00 Incomplete contracts with allocation of control/decision rights: theory and evidence
J.-M. Codron
Coffee break10.30-12.00 Food and people: how constitutional
processes sustain the co-production of health and environmental values
G. Martino
Lunch13.30-15.00 Economic Organization and Institutions in
Agri-Food Chains: Empirical evidenceJ.F.M. Swinnen
Coffee break15.30-17.00 Economic Organization and Institutions in
Agri-Food Chains: Empirical evidence (ctd.)J.F.M. Swinnen
17.00-17.30 Close of Lectures K. KarantininisTuesday 26 August
Pre-conference EAAE workshop with C. Ménard and A. GrandoriTo be held in Ljubljana
Participation Fee
The Course fees are Euro 365,00. The fees cover: access to online course materials (Dropbox), 3-day lectures and practical sessions, coffee breaks, lunches and participation in the one-day pre-EAAE-conference workshop (in Ljubljana).
Remark: The fee only covers participation in the pre-conference workshop but not the participation fee for the full EAAE congress in Ljubljana (26-29 August 2014). Students that want to attend the EAAE congress should register through the congress website: http://www.eaae2014.si/congress/register/
Furthermore, the fee does not cover travel to and from Koper, and cost of accommodation. However, block bookings have been made at a preferential fee in the following accommodations:
Hostel Museum in Koper (see: http://www.hostel-museum.com) - Price is 20 EUR per person / per night, breakfast is included- 3 double bedrooms and 1 single bedroom are available for summer school students
Hostel Koper - bed and breakfast (see: http://www.ddkoper.si) - Price is about 22 EUR per person / per night - 20 single rooms are available for summer school students
Hotel Pristan - bed and breakfast (see: http://www.pristan-koper.si) - Price is about 50 EUR per person / per night - 6 double rooms are available for summer school students
If you want to benefit from the preferential fee, reservations have to be made before the end of May 2014. When booking your accommodation, please indicate that you are participating in the Faculty of Management Summer School. The preferential room rate cannot be guaranteed for reservations that are made after May 31st 2014.
Registration
To register for the course, please fill in the registration form on the next page and return it to [email protected]
Important Date: June 27th 2014 Deadline for Course registration and full payment of the course fee
Your registration will only be final after full payment of the course fee.Payments should be made to the following bank account:
Account holder: Bank: ABN-AMROWageningen UR Account number: 53 95 09 426Social Sciences Group IBAN: NL05ABNA0539509426Finance&Control BIC/Swift: ABNANL2APostbus 81306700 EW Wageningen PLEASE MENTION WITH PAYMENT:
NAME OF PARTICIPANT/ 945600/320
Further information
For further information, please contact the course coordinator: Liesbeth Dries ([email protected])
Ph.D. CourseEmpirical Applications of Economic Organization and Institutions in Agri-Food Value Chains
22-26 August 2014, Koper / Ljubljana, Slovenia
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