Montpellier Scientific Community



Markets, Organisations, Institutions and Operators’ Strategies (MOISA)

Director: Etienne Montaigne
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Research area
The JRU Markets, Organisations, Institutions and Operators' Strategies (MOISA) Research Unit focuses on the internal (enterprises and organisations) and external (vertical and horizontal coordination) modes of organisation of economic agents, the role and development of stakeholders' strategies, relations between public policies and the functioning of markets and coordination facilities in the food system.
Research highlights

Central Research Question: "Which governance mechanisms for a sustainable development in tropical and Mediterranean countries agri-food system?"

- Small farmers organizations in Less Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Private standards and new governance structures
- Alternative food system and chains
- Food system regulation by norms
- Agro-food clusters and chains benchmarking
Staff profile
Research Org. Researchers Professors Research Eng.

Techn. & Admin Staff

PhD
MTP SUPAGRO - CIRAD - INRA - IAMM
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8
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31
Research teams
  • REGAAL : Recherches sur les Gouvernances : consommateurs, entreprises, et filières Agro-Alimentaires et ruraLes
  • MAISA : Agricultural Markets, Instabilities, and Food Security
  • NORMS : elaboration and impact of norms and standards
  • ASG : Agriculture, rural household Strategies and resource Governance

 
Most important international partnerships
  • University of Bologna
  • Michigan State University
  • University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Akdeniz University, Antalya
  • Agronomic and Veterinary Institute, Rabat
Facts and figures
Publications in international ranking journals

2010: 15

2005-2009: 38

 
Representative publications
1. Ansaloni, M.; Fouilleux, E.; Allaire, G.; Cheyns, E. Européanisation, changements et performances de l'action publique à l'est : l'exemple des indications géographiques de produits agricoles en Hongrie. Politique européenne. (2007)n°23. p. 133-151
2. Aubert, M.; Perrier-Cornet, P. Is there a future for small farms in developed countries? Evidence from the French case. Agricultural Economics. 2009, 40 (s1 Special issue "small farms: decline or persistence?"): 773-787.
3. Aurier, P. ; Fort, F. Effets de la région d'origine, du produit, de la marque et de leurs congruences, sur l'évaluation des consommateurs : application aux produits agroalimentaires. Recherche et Applications en Marketing. 2005/12, 20 (4) : 29-52.
4. Bignebat, C.; Gouret, F. Determinants and consequences of soft budget constraints: an empirical analysis using enterprise-level data in transition countries. Economics of Transition. 2008, 16 (3): 503-535.
5. Bouquet E. State-led land reform and local institutional change: land titles, land markets and tenure security in Mexican communities. World Development, 37(8) : 1390-1399
6. Bouquet, E. ; Wampfler, B.; Ralison, E. Rigueur scientifique et pertinence opérationnelle des études d'impact en microfinancement : une alliance à construire : enseignements d'une étude en partenariat à Madagascar. Tiers Monde. 2009, n°197 p. 91-108
7. Boussard, J.M. ; Gérard, F. ; Piketty, M.G. ; Ayouz, M. ; Voituriez, T. Endogenous risk and long run effects of liberalization in a global analysis framework. Economic modelling, 2006, 23 (3) : 457-475.
8. Calandre, N.; Bricas, N.; Sirieix, L. Comment les mères perçoivent-elles les risques nutritionnels de leurs enfants ? Une approche par le paradigme psychométrique au Vietnam. Economies et Sociétés. 2009, 43 (11 Série Systèmes agroalimentaires ; 31): 1735-1760.
9. Cheriet, F. Modèle d'Uppsala et implantation des firmes multinationales agroalimentaires : la présence de Danone en Algérie. Revue Française de Gestion. 2010, (201): 45-64.
10. Codron, J.M. ; Giraud-Héraud, E. ; Soler, L.G. Minimum quality standards, premium private labels, and European meat and fresh produce retailing. Food Policy. 2005, 30 (3) : 270-283.
11. Colin, J.P. Disentangling intra-kinship property rights in land : a contribution of economic ethnography to land economics in Africa. Journal of Institutional Economics. 2008, 4 (2) : 231-254
12. Emlinger, C.; Jacquet, F. ; Chevassus-Lozza, E. Tariffs and other trade costs: assessing obstacles to Mediterranean countries'access to EU-15 fruit and vegetable markets. European Review of Agricultural Economics. 2008, 35 (4) : 409-438.
13. Figuié, Muriel; Moustier, Paule. Market appeal in an emerging economy : supermarkets and poor consumers in Vietnam . Food policy. 2009 vol.34 p. 210-217
14. Guéneau, S.; Tozzi P. Towards the privatization of global forest governance? International Forestry Review, 2008, Vol 10 (3):550-562
15. Tozanli, S.; El Hadad-Gauthier, F. Impact des politiques commerciales sur les systèmes de gouvernance. Les tomates fraîches en Turquie et au Maroc. Revue Française de Gestion. 2010, 36 (201 Les chaînes globales de valeur): 161-176.
16. Vagneron, Isabelle. Economic appraisal of profitability and sustainability of peri-urban agriculture in Bangkok. Ecological economics. (2007) vol.61:n°2-3. p. 516-529
List of software developed within the unit

Data bases:

- Agrodata, Transnational corporations in food and beverage industry

- World Wine Data (W2D), Top 50 wine industry firms

 
Total annual budget
2006 2007 2008
Total annual budget
3 372 000 4 673 000 4 157 406
External contracts:
350 000 500 000 2 518 337
ANR 112 453
EU 
933 196
Private sector
Others