Montpellier Scientific Community



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

Director: Paule Moustier
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Research area
The 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
Total permanent staff Total Scientists* Scientists with "HDR"[1] Post-doc fellows PhD
103
58
12
2
31
**Scientists per member institution: 22 CIRAD, 11 INRA, 12 Montpellier SupAgro, 9 CIHEAM-IAMM, 4 IRD
Research teams
  • Sustainable food consumption (CAD)
  • Strategy, management, performance of food and beverages firms and industries (SGP)
  • Institutional economics applied to firms and food chains (EIF)
  • Resources and territories governance (GRT)
  • Sociology and political economics of sustainable development (SDD)
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
2007: 36
2006: 31
2005: 34
Representative publications

Vagneron, I.  Economic appraisal of profitability and sustainability of peri-urban agriculture in Bangkok. Ecological Economics, vol. 61, n° 2-3, 2007, pp. 516-52

Codron, J.M.; Fares, M.; Rouvière, E. From public to private safety regulation? The case of negotiated agreements in the French fresh produce import industry. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, vol. 6, n° 3, 2007, pp. 415-427

Colin, J.P.; Ayouz, M. The development of a land market? Insights from Côte d’Ivoire. Land Economics. 2006, 82 (3): 404-423.

Coelho, A.; Rastoin, J.L. Financial strategies of multinational firms in the world wine industry. Agribusiness. 2006, 22 (3): 417-429.

Palpacuer, F.; Tozanli, S. Changing governance patterns in European food chains: the rise of a new divide between global players and regional or multi-national producers. Transnational Corporations UN, Unctad (forthcoming)

Data bases developed : Agrodata, Transnational corporations in food and beverage industry, World Wine Data (W2D), Top 50 wine industry firms