Transaction costs and slaughter cattle procurement: Processors’ selection of supply channels

Agribusiness

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 509-523

  Hobbs, Jill E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 0000249157     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(199611/12)12:6<509::AID-AGR2>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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