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Cooperative formation in agriculture sometimes occurs in response to the exit of a private firm and typically requires … the efficient financial contract in this context as a “cooperative.” …
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Entrepreneurship is predominantlyassociated with the activities of an individual actor –the entrepreneur. It has also been related to theconcept of firm ownership (e.g. Foss and Klein,2005). This may lead to the conjecture that acollectively-owned firm is a setting for...
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This article aims to explore the vertical integration decision of a beef processor from an integrated approach operations strategy andtransaction costs economic theory. In this research, vertical integration as a structural decision of operations strategy determinedby the occurrence of...
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Using data from the 128 bit video game industry this paper evaluates the effect of vertical integration and the foreclosure of complementary software to rival hardware. Foreclosure occurs when a console hardware manufacturer produces software which is incompatible with rival hardware. Estimation...
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Dramatic increases in concentration in the seed business, coupled with aggressive efforts to vertically integrate the agricultural sector and to institute contract-based production of commodities, have raised questions about the economic position of producers. Disparate positions of market power...
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This article uses the farm problem theory as the framework for a comparativeanalysis of cooperative, market and …
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cooperative andseveral fluid milk processors. The Nash bargaining model can be used to analyze the negotiatedprice in the Florida … marketing processors. The monthlybargaining strength of the Southeast Dairy Cooperative, Inc. (SDC), exceeds the monthly …
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While mergers, both horizontal and vertical, have been shaping the landscape of the agri-food industry in Europe, the implications of the changing market structure on the level of innovation has not been studied yet. In this paper we deal with the link between innovation and market structure...
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A tanulmányban bemutatott takarmányárak és a pulykahús-előállítás jövedelme közötti rendkívül szoros kapcsolat elgondolkodtató, mert a takarmány – mint a legfontosabb inputtényező – árának változása vállalatcsoportok átrendeződését eredményezheti.A takarmányárak...
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The recent expansion of the sugar and ethanol industries has raised some concerns regarding a number of issues. One major concernis with the quality of employment, the level of remuneration, the presence of child labor, the low qualification of the workers,informality and the high presence of...
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