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Coordination Mechanisms in the Agro-industrial System. The Case of High-Oleic Sunflower

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Empirical evidence shows how, even within the agro-industrial system, the relationship between agriculture and the food-processing industry is regulated to a lesser extent on the basis of pure market forms.

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy

    Andrea Marescotti

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  1. Department of Agri-Food Economics, Catholic University of Piacenza, Via Emilia Parmense 84, I-29100, Piacenza, Italy

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Belletti, G., Marescotti, A. (1999). Coordination Mechanisms in the Agro-industrial System. The Case of High-Oleic Sunflower. In: Galizzi, G., Venturini, L. (eds) Vertical Relationships and Coordination in the Food System. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48765-1_27

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