This paper provides a comprehensive review of the empirical literature in transaction cost
economics (TCE) across multiple social science disciplines and business fields. We show …

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the empirical literature in transaction cost
economics (TCE) across multiple social science disciplines and business fields. We show …

This paper demonstrates how contract farming functions as an economic institution and
explores the causes of the observed variation in the scale of outgrower production in Latin …

Observes that supply chain management is a rapidly‐evolving subject which offers many
insights into how industries are organized and into the efficiency gains which can be made …

While Contract Farming (CF) can enhance smallholders' income in developing countries,
empirical research on the motivation of smallholders to participate in CF is scarce. This …

Different organizational arrangements have supported the adoption of sustainable-oriented
innovations (SOIs) in the agri-food industry. However, despite the promises of SOIs, diffusion …

Apart from the difficulty to attract new members, leakage of sales outside the cooperative is a
major challenge for the coffee cooperatives in Rwanda. Local (independent) traders still …

Abstract Using a Transaction Cost Economics framework, this paper studies how supply
chain governance are aligned with the type of quality enforcement mechanisms used in …

This study investigates what factors relate to the coffee farmer's cooperative affiliation
decision and whether this decision impacts the farmer's cash holdings. First, we propose a …

Differing vertical exchange mechanisms are ob-served across commodity marketing
channels. For example, the poultry sector exhibits ex-change mechanisms that result in …