Quality considerations are increasingly important drivers of production and coordination
choices for players in the agrofood chain. Incentive contracts between farmers and …

We analyze the relationship between product quality and contractingchoices using the
results of a survey of California winegrape growers. Growers who produce high-quality …

Agrifood firms in a globalizing and competitive market, both in developing and developed
countries, often undertake innovations in products and technologies. Innovators such as …

Growers' preferences for a number of marketing contract attributes, as well as the effect of
growers' risk aversion levels on the choice of marketing contracts, were examined with the …

Though the use of contracts in the US agri-culture is not a new phenomenon, there is new
interest in both the extent and consequences of their use. Some useful data regarding the …

This paper analyzes the vertical relationship between growers and processors in the
Algerian tomato processing industry. We use extensive data on production contract …

We use an unusual dataset involving 14 tomato growers over 4 years to analyze the effect of
incentive contracts on behavior in a fixed effects econometric model. We find that growers …

Research demonstrates a tradeoff between service quantity and service quality that creates
a tension for firms who wish to incentivize both aspects of service performance. We propose …

This paper analyzes the relationship between product quality and governance mode choice
(market mode, hybrid mode or vertical integration) using the results of a survey of 187 …

This paper takes a quasi-case-study approach to stylised wine industry facts to assess
predictions about the optimal sharing rule from a principal–agent model with residual …