Authors: Svanhild E. Haugnes
This study deals with intermediaries and the content of their role, when having one buyer and one supplier. The empirical data is collected from the Norwegian-Portuguese bacalhau industry, from which four case studies are presented and analysed. Norway produces bacalhau (salted and dried cod) while Portugal consumes it. Through the Norwegian-Portuguese bacalhau network’s more than 300 years history, there has been a lot of friction due to the actors’ interdependence and conflicting interests. At one point the lying and stealing seems to have reached a peak, forcing through innovation that changed the network structure. Intermediaries, in the positions as agents, seem to have become the solution. A typology of the agent’s functions is introduced.
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Publish Year: 2012
Conference: Rome, Italy (2012)