[Problem Definition:] Inspired by India's pulses importing challenges, we study the negotiation of government-to-government food importing contracts, with a focus on ad-hoc and forward multiple-sourcing negotiations.[Academic / Practical Relevance:] We are the first to comprehensively study...

Dairy cooperatives bestow upon farmers the virtues of controlling a large supply quantity of a relatively scarce product, i.e., milk (e.g., higher bargaining power, fixed cost sharing, etc.). However, the cooperative structure also encourages individual farmers to free-ride (i.e., provide...