“…Specifically in the case of Brazil, the use of contracts as economic coordination devices has already been studied in the soybean production sector (LEME and ZYLBERSZTAJN, 2008), in the paper and cellulose segment (SOUZA et al, 2009;GUIMARÃES et al, 2011;SILVA et al, 2009), in aviculture (ZYLBERSZTAJN and NOGUEIRA, 2002), in tomato production (ZYLBERSZTAJN and NADALINI, 2007), in the seed industry (ZYLBERSZTAJN and LAZZARINI, 2005), in the biofuel sector (DALMONECH et al, 2010;PEIXOTO, 2008), in the tobacco sector (BEGNIS et al, 2007), in meat production (PINOTTI and PAULILLO, 2006;MIELE and WAQUIL, 2007;SILVA and SAES, 2007;BRUM and JANK, 2001), in the fruit sector (SAES, 2007;SAMPAIO, 2007;SOUZA FILHO et al, 2010), and in food franchising (SILVA and AZEVEDO, 2007). For a general assessment see Zylbersztajn (2005a).…”