Drawing inspiration from American institutionalism and new institutional economics, this paper discusses the rise of large corporate farms as the transition from the classic capitalist firm to the corporate form of organization based on the separation of ownership and control. Three case studies...

During the last two decades an increasing amount of large-scale farming operations have emerged all over the world: from (Eastern) Europe, to South America, China and the countries of the Former Soviet Union. These agribusinesses go under the name of mega-farms or agroholdings: horizontally or...

Die effiziente Organisation der Beziehungen zwischen Käufern und Lieferanten, sowie einer nachhaltigen Lieferkette sind die größten Herausforderungen der Ukrainischen Milchindustrie. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit besteht darin, die Organisation der Lieferkette und die wichtigsten Motive und...

Drawing inspiration from American institutionalism and new institutional economics, this paper discusses the rise of large corporate farms as the transition from the classic capitalist firm to the corporate form of organization based on the separation of ownership and control. Three case studies...

This invited case study presents the business model and organizational architecture of BrasilAgro - a large-scale, farmland development and farming corporation in Brazil.

In this paper we analyze the factors that determine the emergence of new generation cooperatives using the formation and structure of the Danish potato starch cooperative KMC as a historical example. The transaction cost framework has been used in order to analyze how actors chose among...