partly solved by the “outside equity” discipline, (ii) agency costs are not significantly higher for cooperative firms than … for family-controlled firms, (iii) operating expenses increase with vertical integration for non-cooperative firms. One … striking result is that contrary to non-cooperative firms, performance does not increase with vertical integration for …

A great deal of effort is devoted to the exploration of agribusiness firm behavior through survey instruments. Mainly … graph (DAG). We demonstrate its potential with an analysis of agricultural cooperative firms. …

Students studying “fringe” agribusiness sectors (e.g,, supermarkets, textile manufacturers, paper mills, wholesale …” areas are not uniform, “generic” agribusiness courses may not address all their specific business skill needs. One starting … point could be to rotate part of the agribusiness capstone course so three major topics are covered in depth different …