These attributes reflect key drivers of the buying decision. It is important to note that all levels refer to the respective level at the farm gate.
The levels for the buyer–supplier relationship have been set according to Kotler (1982), Kotler and Armstrong (2010), and Jang and Olson (2010), who describe different stages of integration within the food value chain. The attributes are sorted according to the four
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