Orchestrating a multi-stakeholder supply chain network: The case of exporters in cocoa certification in Cote d'Ivoire

Kouamé Casimir Gboko, François Ruf () and Guy Faure ()
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Kouamé Casimir Gboko: INPHB - Institut national polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny
François Ruf: UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - UM - Université de Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Guy Faure: UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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Abstract: Using a case study, this article uses the concept of network orchestration to examine the role of exporters in the implementation of voluntary cocoa certification in Côte d'Ivoire. To this end, data were collected from literature reviews, surveys of two exporters, and 20 cooperatives. Actor linkage matrix, actor linkage map and discourse analysis are used to understand the role of exporters in cocoa certification in Côte d'Ivoire. The findings show that exporters not only participate in the construction of a network of actors around the implementation of cocoa certification, but above all they pilot the network to facilitate certification implementation by actively participating in the mobility of knowledge and financial resources within the network and managing the certification process. However, although exporters play a key role in the implementation of voluntary certifications, their role as network orchestrator is dilemmatic. Indeed, they use their position as orchestrator to control sales of cooperatives' certified cocoa and their premium.

Keywords: système de certification; Côte d'Ivoire; produits de cacao; certification; processus multipartite; chaîne d'approvisionnement alimentaire; circuit de commercialisation; exportation; coopérative de producteurs; vente en coopération; Network orchestration; Cacao; Cooperatives; Exporters; Cocoa certification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Published in Journal of Innovation Economics & Management, 2021, 34, pp.33-56. ⟨10.3917/jie.034.0033⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/jie.034.0033

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