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Regional Organization of Production in the European Fresh Vegetable Sector
A value chain and cluster perspective on the competitiveness in three case studies from Germany, Italy and Spain
von Bettina RiedelThe research represents results from a multiple case-study analysis involving three different European fresh vegetable producing regions in Germany, Italy and Spain. Data were collected via expert interviews with participants from various tiers of the respective marketing channels. The research design provided a multifaced discussion of mechanisms and causalities of relationship coordination in local cluster and extra-local value chain configurations on concrete examples.