In the presence of positive transaction costs, institutions and the architecture of organizations take on fundamental importance. This paper measures costs of opening firms in the Brazilian garment industry. The measure of costs to start up a new business in the garment industry in Brazil shows...

A variety of contracts between wineries and grape growers are observed in Brazil. This study addresses the concept of coordination of food chains, particularly the stability of contractual relationships. A qualitative analysis of industry-farmers contracts is presented, followed by a...

This essay departs from the question about the limited adoption of the contractual approach in the field of Agricultural Economics in Brazil. It discusses the relevance of the contractual approach to the theory of the firm, presents the evolution of the studies of coordination in food chains in...

Il presente studio confronta l’evoluzione della teoria dell’organizzazione economica e la struttura dei contratti agricoli, sulla base di specifiche evidenze empiriche. In sostanza, se gli economisti dell’organizzazione si occupano dell’analisi del funzionamento del sistema economico,...