The farming practices adopted since the end of the Second World War, based on large
areas of monocultures and chemical use, have adversely affected the health of farmers and …

The central message expressed throughout this chapter is that there is a whole class of
economic organizations that contribute substantially to what Coase (1992: 713) called “the …

Where does the study of hybrids stand at present? Through a review of existing research,
this paper provides a number of contributions to the literature on inter-organizational …

This paper proposes an alternative typology of contract farming arrangements (CFA) based
on transaction cost theory. To construct the typology, we first surveyed managers of …

How supply chain actors manage their exposure to both supply‐and demand‐side risks is a
topic that has been insufficiently examined within the transaction cost economics (TCE) …

Pesticide-free but non-organic production systems have been recently introduced in public
and private programs in Europe. However, a key challenge is to define what 'pesticide …

This paper addresses a puzzling problem: why do parties often choose to combine
alternative modes of organizations simultaneously while dealing with identical or almost …

Traceability in food-supply chains is an emerging issue due to increased awareness of
consumers about food safety and the nature of food-supply chains that have become …

Traceability and related concepts, such as trust and transparency have gained greatly in
relevance in food supply chains. This study seeks to answer what exactly determines firms' …

The competition in international food markets is increasingly moving towards products with
higher levels of added value and higher degrees of differentiation, requiring companies to …