What causes organisations to fail? A review of literature to inform future food sector (management) research
Higashi, Susan Yuko, Morales de Queiroz Caleman, Silvia, Kluwe de Aguiar, Luis and Manning, Louise (2020) What causes organisations to fail? A review of literature to inform future food sector (management) research. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 101. pp. 223-233. ISSN 0924-2244
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Abstract
Background: Organizational failure in food markets is a potential threat to food security. Thus, a greater understanding of the factors that influence organizational failure and reduce supply chain resilience is essential to underpin agile and dynamic food supply chains. Scope and Approach: The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of system level factors that influence organizational failure in food supply chains in order to conceptualize the horizontal and vertical interaction of such factors at the three levels described: the micro system, the meso system and the macro system level. A systematic review, based on a specific search strategy, incorporated articles from the fields of management, business and economics research. Whilst 616 articles were initially identified, only 41 of these were within the established inclusion criteria and reviewed. A model of organizational failure, determined here as “The House of Cards Model”, is developed, that can then be empirically tested in further research. Key findings and conclusions: A hierarchy was developed to contextualize the factors deemed to be of influence. The macro (external environment) level includes criteria such as economic conditions, formal institutions, government policies, competitors and rumors. The factors addressed in the meso (organizational) level include organization age and size, location, property structure, client, supplier and shareholder relationships, financial resources, physical resources, human resources and succession process. At the micro (individual) level the managers’ skill, characteristics, actions and mindset are of influence. This paper contributes to advancing the debate and underpins further empirical research on organizational failure in food supply chains.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | organizational, failure, meso, micro, macro, factors |
| Divisions: | Agriculture, Food and Environment |
| Depositing User: | Users 12 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2020 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 26 May 2021 04:20 |
| URI: | https://rau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/16400 |
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