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Tessmann, Jannes (2021). Strategic responses to food safety standards - The case of the Indian cashew industry. World Dev. Perspect., 23. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 2452-2929

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Abstract

This article investigates the determinants that connect food safety standards to trade performance in exporting economies. Focusing on the strategic responses of economic actors to food safety demands, I introduce 'compromise strategies' as a middle course between passive adaptation and active resistance. Such strategies attempt to balance external requirements and internal interests, which may be achieved by conforming to a minimum level while resisting to fully adapt. This is exemplified by the Indian cashew industry, where public legislation in Northern end markets has extended the dissemination of private standards to food businesses which previously faced few safety-related concerns. A focus on the strategic responses to food safety demands prioritizes local, context-specific conditions over the universal logic of global standards in shaping firm performance. It thereby enhances our understanding of the heterogeneous trade effects of standards and the circumstances under which standards act as barriers or catalysts to trade.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Tessmann, Jannes UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-561868
DOI:	10.1016/j.wdp.2021.100312
Journal or Publication Title:	World Dev. Perspect.
Volume:	23
Date:	2021
Publisher:	ELSEVIER
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	2452-2929
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PRIVATE STANDARDS; PERSPECTIVE; EXPORTS; IMPACT Multiple languages Development Studies; Economics Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/56186