Abstract

CAMPOS CLIMENT, Vanessa  and  SANCHIS PALACIO, Joan Ramon. KEY FACTORS FOR SUCCESS IN AGRIFOOD FIRMS: THE CASE OF SPANISH FRUIT & VEGETABLES COOPERATIVES. Tend. [online]. 2015, vol.16, n.2, pp.174-191. ISSN 0124-8693.  https://doi.org/10.22267/rtend.151602.26.

Size is a contingency variable that can influence firms’ performance. This study aims to contrast whether exists or not a significant relationship between organizational size and performance in agrifood firms, particularly in the case of Fruit and Vegetables Cooperatives in Spain. Therefore, an applied empirical study using regression analysis is carried out from economic and financial information of such companies obtained from official registers. The study shows that there is not a significant positive relationship between performance and size for such type of firms.

Keywords : Size; Performance; Agrifood firms; Fruit and Vegetable (F&V)Cooperatives.