This paper analyzes the potential of written assignments for the learning process of MBA students. Some of the challenges faced by MBA programs are discussed, and a contrast is made between the "passive" and "active" learning approaches. The paper details some of the difficulties students have...

During the last decades initiatives have been presented in Argentina the results of which - if implemented - would be constraints on contractual options available to landowners and tenants. Similarly, as a response to the increased importance of soybeans (which some classify as "soil depleting")...

The agricultural sector of many countries shows increasing farm size with corresponding decrease in farm numbers. Despite abundant research, the determinants of changes in firm numbers and size have not been clearly identified. This paper attempts to explain small firm survival in Argentine...

Most studies analyzing the impact of human capital in agriculture use the measure of years of schooling of the producer as a proxy for decision-making skills. An alternative measure is used in this paper. The measure was derived by "grading" decision-making and execution skills of a sample of...

This paper analyzes contractual arrangements in barley production in the Argentine pradera pampeana region. Barley constitutes an interesting casestudy: its production and marketing conditions result in some degree of vertical contracting between primary producers and processors. Vertical...