Food integrity: a market-based solution
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to proffer an alternative conceptualization of food integrity and a market-based food integrity intelligence system.
Design/methodology/approach
Food fraud is interpreted as a symptom of asymmetric knowledge. Consumer collaboration for knowledge exchange and diffusion of innovation (KEDI) safeguards food markets. The concept of communicative action is applied to conceptualize and analyze key elements for designing a collaborative food integrity intelligence system.
Findings
The model of market-based KEDI consists of three dimensions: intelligence flows, organization memory, and social sensitivities. Decentralized control is crucial to effect system innovation.
Originality/value
The paper integrates managerial, marketing, and economic approaches and develops a model for managing food integrity intelligence.
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Citation
Wang, C.-s., Van Fleet, D.D. and Mishra, A.K. (2017), "Food integrity: a market-based solution", British Food Journal, Vol. 119 No. 1, pp. 7-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-04-2016-0144
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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