[fre] Partant d'une définition rigoureuse de la coopération dans les organisations, cet article explore les facteurs susceptibles d'en rendre compte. La section I porte sur l'explication la plus répandue, fondée sur la contrainte technologique. La section II examine les interprétations...

Because of their perishable nature and the impact of their quality on consumers, agricultural products have always raised important problems of coordination and control with high transaction costs. The recent period in the agrifood industry has registered substantial evolution in devices...

In 1989 the government of Guinea enacted far-reaching reform of its water sector, which had been dominated by a poorly run public agency. The government signed a lease contract for operations and maintenance with a private operator, making a separate public enterprise responsible for ownershipof...