Article: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERNAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FOOD VERTICAL MARKETING

ABSTRACT

The typology of administered, contractual and corporate vertical marketing systems is tested using the political economy framework (McCammon, 1970; Stern & Reve, 1980). Through transactional form and interorganizational climate constructs, our results show significant differences in the structure and behavior among the three types of organizational modes within the grocery distribution industry in the province of Quebec.

INTRODUCTION

Distribution and especially the channel concept lies at the very heart of theoretical foundations in marketing (Bartels, 1962). The emergence and development of vertical marketing systems has been one of the most significant developments in ...

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