Purpose: This study aims to analyze how multirational management relates to cooperatives’ corporate governance. Design/methodology/approach: A typology of agricultural cooperatives’ potential for multirational management in relation to corporate governance is proposed. Coordinates based on...

Three hundred small tomato growers located in Braziliannortheast states, supplied a processing industry. In view of the largenumber of contract hazards and weak enforcement of clauses, managershave decided to move to the Midwest, where a reduced number of largerfarmers have been contracted. The...

The debate about the governance of complex systems of production represents a rich branchof the literature of applied organization theory. The particular application to agro‐relatednetworks is a relevant example since agriculture plays new roles in modern society. The coreof the analysis is...

This study investigates the reasons which lead the companies to keep simultaneous vertical integrated, third part and hybriddistribution channels. Companies establish different coordination structures, the organizational arrangements, which determine howthe agents involved cooperate to the...

What are the determinants of the commercial channelchoice in the beef producers-processors transactions? The questionrefers to the coordination and production control problem associatedto changes in consumer’s awareness of specific attributes in foodproducts. Two contractual arrangements...