Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find determinants about risk resilience and develop a new risk resilience approach for (agricultural) enterprises. This approach creates the ability to respond resiliently to major environmental challenges and changes in the short term and adjust the management of the organization, and to learn and transform to adapt to the new environment in the long term while creating multiple value creation. Design/methodology: The authors present a new risk resilience approach for multiple value creation of (agricultural) enterprises, which consists of a main process starting with strategy design, followed by an environmental analysis, stakeholder collaboration, implement ESG goals, defining risk expose & response options, and report, learn & evaluate. In each step the organizational perspective, as well as the value chain/area perspective is considered and aligned. The authors have used focus groups and analysed literature from and outside the field of finance and accounting, to design this new approach. Findings: Researchers propose a new risk resilience approach for (agricultural) enterprises, based on a narrative about transforming to multiple value creation, founded determinants of risk resilience, competitive advantage and agricultural resilience. Originality and value: This study contributes by conceptualizing risk resilience for (agricultural) enterprises, by looking through a lens of multiple value creation in a dynamic context and based on insights from different fields, actual ESG knowledge, and determinants for risk resilience, competitive advantage and agricultural resilience.
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Business model innovation is essential to drive the systemic change required for a new economy. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide focus and direction towards this transition. For companies in the agriculture and horticulture sectors, SDG 12, Responsible Consumption and Production, is particularly relevant. Designing, renewing, and innovating business models requires courageous and creative leadership. A new business model involves more than just analyzing problems and making well-considered decisions. It’s about creating something new, discovering innovative solutions, and testing them in practice. Design thinking is a method well-suited to addressing complex challenges that do not yet have clear solutions, such as the societal issues that characterize this era of transition. In this publication, the method is applied to real-world challenges faced by entrepreneurs in the agricultural and horticultural value chain. The iterative nature of design thinking leads to unexpected and innovative outcomes. This creative approach makes a valuable contribution to the realization of SDG 12.
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De CSRD is een nieuwe EU-richtlijn die gaat over het rapporteren over duurzaamheid. Vandaag gaan we dieper in op wat de richtlijn inhoudt. Het doel is niet alleen om informatie te geven over het onderwerp maar ook om praktische inzichten te delen hoe de richtlijn toegepast kan worden in de bedrijfsvoering.Disclaimer:De afstudeeropdracht wordt uitgevoerd door een vierdejaarsstudent in het kader van zijn/haar afstuderen bij het Instituut voor Rechtenstudies. De student levert een juridisch beroepsproduct op en doet daartoe onderzoek. De student wordt tijdens de uitvoering van zijn/haar afstudeeropdracht begeleid door een afstudeercoach. De inspanningen van de student en de afstudeercoach zijn erop gericht om een zo goed mogelijk beroepsproduct op te leveren. Dit moet opgevat worden als een product van een (vierdejaars)student en niet van een juridische professional. Mocht ondanks de geleverde inspanningen de informatie of de inhoud van het beroepsproduct onvolledig en/of onjuist zijn, dan kunnen de Hanzehogeschool Groningen, het Instituut voor Rechtenstudies, individuele medewerkers en de student daarvoor geen aansprakelijkheid aanvaarden.
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The shift towards a more sustainable circular economy will require innovations. While SMEs can contribute to this development, financing innovations within SMEs is difficult. Various authors have not ed moreover that the concept of the circular economy has further increased the complexity of investment decisions concerning sustainable innovations, due to the multiple value creation and new business models involved . On the other hand
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De landbouwsector wordt steeds digitaler. Sensoren, machines en software verzamelen dagelijks waardevolle gegevens over gewassen, bodem en bedrijfsvoering. Maar wie heeft toegang tot deze data? En hoe behoudt de agrarisch ondernemer zelf de controle?Nieuwe Europese regels geven meer rechten en beschermenu tegen misbruik.In deze brief, opgesteld namens het DigiAgro-project in samenwerking met de Hanzehogeschool Groningen en het Instituut voor Rechtenstudies, leest u hoe deze wetgeving de positie van de agrarisch ondernemer versterkt, wat hun rechten en plichten zijn. En hoe een agrarisch ondernemer gebruik kan maken van de kansen die de regels bieden.Disclaimer:Deze opdracht is uitgevoerd door studenten in het kader van hun opleiding bij het Instituut voor Rechtenstudies. De studenten leveren een juridisch beroepsproduct op en doen daartoe onderzoek. De studenten wordt tijdens de uitvoering van de opdracht begeleid door een coach. De inspanningen van de studenten en de coach zijn erop gericht om een zo goed mogelijk beroepsproduct op te leveren. Dit moet opgevat worden als een product van (derdejaars)studenten en niet van een juridische professional. Mocht ondanks de geleverde inspanningen de informatie of de inhoud van het beroepsproduct onvolledig en/of onjuist zijn, dan kunnen de Hanzehogeschool Groningen, het Instituut voor Rechtenstudies, individuele medewerkers en de studenten daarvoor geen aansprakelijkheid aanvaarden.
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With the increasing global population, urbanization, the current unsustainable and expansive agricultural practices would be expected to further elevate the risk of food and nutritional insecurity of the global population, which is recognized as a global threat for the 21st century. This paper reviews the demographic changes, urbanization, sustainability of the conventional agricultural systems, the environmental and resource implications and presents possible sustainable alternatives.
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This is a case study which discusses the journey of a successful Ethiopian dairy entrepreneur. It turned out that the inclusiveness of the small holder farmer into the chain with fair incentive sharing mechainsms and guarenteed market access made her chain more efficient, reliable and profitable.
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There is an increasing awareness that the landscape around cities can contribute significantly to the well-being of urban citizens. Various studies and experiences in the Netherlands and other countries show that the combination of agriculture with care and education has great potential. The number of care farms has increased from 75 in 1999 to 500 in 2005. In urban areas, a diversity of groups can benefit from care farms or other types of social services in the rural area. It concerns among others, people with mental problems, with (chronic) psychiatric demands, with addiction problems, elderly, children with behavior and/or psychological problems and long term unemployed. The city of Amsterdam recognizes the unique and valuable qualities of the rural area and its potential for the well-being of its citizens. In and around Amsterdam various organizations have initiated innovative projects that connect urban demands with agricultural entrepreneurs. A transition to a new kind of agriculture and landscape contributing to health and well-being of urban citizens is possible.
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The Dutch greenhouse horticultural industry is characterized by world leadership in high-tech innovation. The dynamics of this playing field are innovation in production systems and automation, reduction in energy consumption and sharing limited space. However, international competitive advantage of the industry is under pressure and sustainable growth of individual enterprises is no longer a certainty. The sector's ambition is to innovate better and grow faster than the competition in the rest of the world. Realizing this ambition requires strengthening the knowledge base, stimulating entrepreneurship, innovation (not just technological, but especially business process innovation). It also requires educating and professionalizing people. However, knowledge transfer in this industry is often fragmented and innovation through collaboration takes up a mere 25-30% of the opportunities. The greenhouse horticulture sector is generally characterized by small scale, often family run businesses. Growers often depend on the Dutch auction system for their revenues and suppliers operate mainly independently. Horizontal and vertical collaboration throughout the value chain is limited. This paper focuses on the question: how can the grower and the supplier in the greenhouse horticulture chain gain competitive advantage through radical product and process innovation. The challenge lies in time- to-market, in customer relationship, in developing new product/market combinations and in innovative entrepreneurship. In this paper an innovation and entrepreneurial educational and research programme is introduced. The programme aims at strengthening multidisciplinary collaboration between enterprise, education and research. Using best practice examples, the paper illustrates how companies can realize growth and improve innovative capabilities of the organization as well as the individual by linking economic and social sustainability. The paper continues to show how participants of the programme develop competencies by means of going through a learning cycle of single-loop, double-loop and triple loop learning: reduction of mistakes, change towards new concepts and improvement of the ability to learn. Furthermore, the paper discusses our four-year programme, whose objectives are trying to eliminate interventions that stimulate the innovative capabilities of SME's in this sector and develop instruments that are beneficial to organizations and individual entrepreneurs and help them make the step from vision to action, and from incremental to radical innovation. Finally, the paper illustrates the importance of combining enterprise, education and research in networks with a regional, national and international scope, with examples from the greenhouse horticulture sector. These networks generate economic regional and national growth and international competitiveness by acting as business accelerators.
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The Dutch greenhouse horticulture industry is characterized by world leadership in high-tech innovation. The dynamics of this playing field are innovation in production systems and automation, reduction in energy consumption and sharing limited space. However, international competitive advantage of the industry is under pressure and sustainable growth of individual enterprises is no longer a certainty. The sector's ambition is to innovate better and grow faster than the competition in the rest of the world. Realizing this ambition requires strengthening the knowledge base, stimulating entrepreneurship, innovation (not just technological, but especially business process innovation). It also requires educating and professionalizing people. However, knowledge transfer in this industry is often fragmented and innovation through horizontal and vertical collaboration throughout the value chain is limited. This paper focuses on the question: how can the grower and the supplier in the greenhouse horticulture chain gain competitive advantage through radical product and process innovation. The challenge lies in time- to-market, in customer relationship, in developing new product/market combinations and in innovative entrepreneurship. In this paper an innovation and entrepreneurial educational and research programme is introduced. The programme aims at strengthening multidisciplinary collaboration between enterprise, education and research. Using best practice examples, the paper illustrates how companies can realize growth and improve the innovative capacity of the organization as well as the individual by linking economic and social sustainability. The paper continues to show how participants of the program develop competencies by means of going through a learning cycle of single-loop, double-loop and triple loop learning: reduction of mistakes, change towards new concepts and improvement of the ability to learn. Finally, the paper illustrates the importance of combining enterprise, education and research in regional networks, with examples from the greenhouse horticulture sector. These networks generate economic growth and international competitiveness by acting as business accelerators.
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