Vertical Coordination and Contract Farming
Rehber
Table 2.1. Predicting the Organizational Form of Vertical Integration
|
Task Programmability_______________________________________________________ | |||||
|
Low________________________ |
High__________________________ | ||||
|
L. A. Specificity |
H. A. Specificity |
L. A. Specificity |
H. A. Specificity | ||
|
Non- |
Low |
Spot market________ |
Long-term contract |
Spot market________ |
Joint venture______ |
|
High |
Relational |
Hierarchy |
Inside contract |
Hierarchy | |
Source: Mahoney, 1992, page 576.
Table 2. 2. Governance Structures and Transaction Characteristics
|
Investment characteristics________________________________________ | ||||
|
Nonspecific_________ |
Mixed______ |
Idiosyncratic | ||
|
Frequency |
Occasional |
Market Governance |
Trilateral Governance | |
|
Recurrent |
Bilateral |
Unified | ||
|
________Relational Contracting_____________ | ||||
Source: Williamson, O.E., 1979, page 253.
Table 3.1. Size Distribution of the Food Processing Firms
|
Size Category |
1983________ |
1987_________ |
__________1991 |
__________1996 | ||||
|
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% | |
|
10-24 |
6 |
0.9 |
3 |
0.5 |
12 |
2.1 |
705 |
52.2 |
|
25-49 |
310 |
50.3 |
300 |
48.4 |
262 |
44.9 |
294 |
21.8 |
|
50-99 |
142 |
23.1 |
124 |
20.0 |
111 |
19.0 |
125 |
9.3 |
|
100-199 |
65 |
10.6 |
97 |
15.6 |
86 |
14.8 |
101 |
7.5 |
|
250-499 |
60 |
9.7 |
53 |
8.6 |
64 |
10.9 |
68 |
5.0 |
|
500- 999 |
16 |
2.6 |
24 |
3.8 |
35 |
5.9 |
45 |
3.3 |
|
1000-+ |
17 |
2.8 |
19 |
3.1 |
14 |
2.4 |
12 |
0.9 |
|
Total___________ |
616 |
100.0 |
620 |
100.0 |
584 |
100.0 |
1350 |
100.0 |
Source: TR, State Institute of Statistics, Annual Manufacturing Industry Statistics, 1983, 1987,19 91, 1996.
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