The boundaries of the firm: Why do sugar producers outsource sugarcane production?

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-99

  Sartorius, Kurt ^a   Kirsten, Johann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Contract farming; Governance form; Outsource; Strategy; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544267176     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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