The Marketing Implications of Value Chain Governance Strategies of Wine Products Using Geographical Indications (GIs) in Italy and UK

Abstract

Value chain governance (VCG) strategies have important marketing implications for specific wine and agri-food products that used GIs in Italy and UK. There are many challenges surrounding the prevailing trend or movement towards the adoption of exclusive quality standards and distinctions in the global supply chains of agri-food products, including wines to support the conception of traceability and safety assurances. This article aimed to reviewing previous research that could be relevant to the analysis of governance mechanisms in supply chains related to GIs for these products. The study analyzed how other researchers coped with these research issues. The survey was qualitative in nature, and recapped selected case studies from Italy and UK, regarding the VCG of wine and food products GIs. Therefore, the findings were limited only to the impact of VCG, wine and food production in these areas and could not be generalized beyond them. The article contributes in advancing knowledge and transferring it from existing situations in developed countries or markets to the developing ones.

Geographical Indication Building Process for Sharr Cheese (Kosovo): “Inside Insights” on Sustainability

“…Many scholars have turned to studying collective action and GIs' local governance, revealed as key factors in determining GIs' (positive and negative) impacts on sustainability issues, as well as on public good provision [1]. Studies have addressed the role of formal and informal institutions in the GI-building process [71,72], the controversies arising over GI management either by a collective of producers or by the public authorities, [73] or actors' configurations along value chains that favor positive collaboration or exclusion [74][75][76]. Our research focus follows this trend toward detailed analysis of the social and collective dimension of GIs.…”