Contents -- Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction and Overview: Analysing Inter-organizational Relationships in Agri-food Chains -- Part I: Agri-food Chain Relationships - Context and Theoretical Foundations -- 1 Building Sustainable Relationships in Agri-food Chains: Challenges from Farm to Retail -- 2 Inter-organizational Relationships in Agri-food Systems: a Transaction Cost Economics Approach -- 3 Behavioural Economics and the Theory of Social Structure: Relevance for Understanding Inter-organizational Relationships -- 4 Collaborative Advantage, Relational Risks and Sustainable Relationships: a Literature Review and Definition -- Part II: Empirical Evidence on Trust and Sustainable Relationships in Agri-food Chains -- 5 Trust and Relationships in Selected European Agri-food Chains -- 6 A Review of the Trust Situation in Agri-food Chain Relationships in the Asia-Pacific with a Focus on the Philippines and Australia -- 7 Determinants of Sustainable Agri-food Chain Relationships in Europe -- 8 Enhancing the Integration of Agri-food Chains: Challenges for UK Malting Barley -- 9 From Transactions to Relationships: the Case of the Irish Beef Chain -- 10 Reviewing Relationship Sustainability in the Case of the German Wheat-to-Bread Chain -- 11 Inter-organizational Relationships in the US Agri-food System: the Role of Agricultural Cooperatives -- 12 Guanxi and Contracts in Chinese Vegetable Supply Chains: an Empirical Investigation -- 13 Inter-organizational Relationships as Determinants for Competitiveness in the Agri-food Sector: the Spanish Wheat-to-Bread Chain -- 14 How Buyer-Supplier Relationships can Create Value: the Case of the Australian Wine Industry -- Part III: Implications and Outlook -- 15 Best Practice in Relationship Management: Recommendations for Farmers, Processors and Retailers.

16 Improving Agri-food Chain Relationships in Europe: the Role of Public Policy -- 17 Lessons Learned: Recommendations for Future Research on Agri-food Chain Relationships -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.