Apprentissage inter-organisationnel au sein des réseaux interindividuels: le cas de la conversion de viticulteurs à l'agriculture biologique

Jaime Montes Lihn

in Economics Thesis from University Paris Dauphine from Paris Dauphine University

Abstract: This PhD dissertation combines the approaches of economic sociology and sociology of knowledge in order to analyze the social mechanisms underlying the conversion into organic farming. Based on an empirical study and analysis of a complete social network describing the interdependencies among over 60 wine producers certified in organic farming or in the process of getting the official certification in French Côte de Beaune, this research analyzes the collective learning process on which this transition relies. The thesis proves the existence of two types of learning process, which are defined by the social borders of reference groups (or social niches); it analyzes the key role of pioneers of the social milieu in both learning processes and studies the regularities structuring social exchanges. These regularities allow us to confirm that wine producers take into account in their reasoning both the identity aspect related to their conversion to organic farming and their economic position, in a trend towards “coopetition”.

Keywords: Conversion à l'agriculture biologique; Apprentissage collectif; Sociologie économique; Sociologie de la connaissance; Analyse des réseaux sociaux; Action collective; Processus sociaux; Agriculture biodynamique; Viticulture; Conversion to organic farming; Collective learning; Economic sociology; Sociology of knowledge; Social network analysis; Collective action; Social mechanisms; Biodynamic farming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 L66 Q16 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014 Written 2014
Note: dissertation
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