Risks management studies in the agri-food sector predominately focus on the technical methods and the capability to perceive, prevent, mitigate, and recover from diverse risks. In most economic publications the risks are usually studied as other commodity regulated by the market supply and...

In this paper we incorporate interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics (combining Economics, Organization, Law, Sociology, Behavioral and Political Sciences), and suggest a framework for analysis of mechanisms of governance of agro-ecosystem services. Firstly, we...

Paper presents diverse modes of governance of chemical and biological risks in agri-food sector, assesses their efficiency, complementarities, and challenges, and suggests recommendations for public policies improvement. It defines governance as system of social order responsible for particular...

This paper incorporates the interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics (combining Economics, Organization, Law, Sociology, Behavioral and Political Sciences) and suggests a holistic framework for analysis of agrarian contracts. First, it specifies type and importance of...

Bulgarian Abstract: Доусъвършенстван и приложен е холистичен подход за разбиране, оценяване и подобряване на конкурентоспособността на земеделските стопанства в...

Bulgarian Abstract: Въпросът за правилното разбиране, оценяване и подобряване на конкурентоспособността на многоообразните управленчески структури в селското...

The paper aims to investigate Thorstein Veblen (1898) institutional theoretical approach to the analysis of hybrid forms in agribusiness. A comparative assessment of Transaction Cost Economics against to Veblen’s evolutionary approach, originated from the “Old” Institutionalism, was...

This paper incorporates achievements of a new inter-disciplinary methodology of the New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics (integrating Economics, Organization, Law, Sociology, Behavioral and Political Sciences) into analysis of Bulgarian agriculture, and assess impact of...

In this paper we look for empirical evidence of hold-up in the broiler industry by using the cross-sectional national survey of broiler growers. First, we focus on the problem of under-investment and hypothesize that the degree of under-investment is negatively related to the number of...

(Agro)ecosystem services is a "new“ term, which is rapidly and widely used in academic studies, and policies and business practices around the globe. Nevertheless, in many countries around the globe, studies associated with agroecosystem services and their "management“ are at the beginning...