The objective of this paper is to analyze the contribution of the “Theory of the Firm” (TF) to the education of future managers. We focus on the educational process that takes place in an MBA program. “Stylized facts” relative to the type of students assisting to these programs are...

Most studies analyzing the impact of human capital in agriculture use the measure of years of schooling of the producer as a proxy for decision-making skills. An alternative measure is used in this paper. The measure was derived by "grading" decision-making and execution skills of a sample of...

This paper analyzes contractual arrangements in barley production in the Argentine pradera pampeana region. Barley constitutes an interesting casestudy: its production and marketing conditions result in some degree of vertical contracting between primary producers and processors. Vertical...