出版社：International Medical Journal Management and Indexing System
摘要：In the agro-food system, the vertical co-ordination in the form of co-operatives has consi derable importance. In this paper, we present a function that synthesises the specific economic role of agricultural co-operatives. In the empirical research, we link the performance of the Por tuguese Wine Co-operatives (PWCs) and the skills of the human resources employed by them. The results of the multinomial logit model show that the PWCs are able to improve their perfor mance through the recruitment of skilled professionals in the areas of wine production, manage ment and by delegating more decision-making powers from the Board to professional managers.
