Vertical Coordination of Marketing Systems: Lessons From the Poultry, Egg and Pork Industries
by
Stephen Martinez
Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER-807) 45 pp, May 2002
The report examines the role of contracts and vertical integration in reducing transaction costs. The report further explores benefits from new methods of vertical coordination and the implications for future research.
Keywords: Vertical coordination, vertical integration, contracts, transaction cost economics, technology, measuring and sorting costs, poultry, pork
In this publication...
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Table of Contents, Pdf file 56 kb
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Abstract, Acknowledgments, Contents, Pdf file 73 kb
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Summary, Pdf file 57 kb
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Introduction, Pdf file 56 kb
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Evolution of Vertical Coordination in the Poultry, Egg, and Pork Industries, Pdf file 73 kb
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Incentives for Contracting and Vertical Integration: A Transaction Cost Approach, Pdf file 72 kb
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The Viability of Spot-Market Transactions in the Poultry, Egg, and Pork Industries, Pdf file 90 kb
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Marketing Contracts, Production Contracts, or Vertical Integration?, Pdf file 75 kb
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Beyond Transaction Costs: Benefit Effects From Contracting and Vertical Integration, Pdf file 83 kb
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Conclusions, Pdf file 57 kb
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Selected References, Pdf file 80 kb
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Appendix A, Pdf file 58 kb
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Appendix B, Pdf file 55 kb
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Appendix C, Pdf file 210 kb
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Appendix D, Pdf file 56 kb
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Entire report, Pdf file 365 kb
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