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Efficiency gains from organizational innovation: Comparing ordinal and cardinal tournament games in broiler contracts

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  • Zheng, Xiaoyong & Vukina, Tomislav, 2007. "Efficiency gains from organizational innovation: Comparing ordinal and cardinal tournament games in broiler contracts," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 25(4), pages 843-859, August.
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