Organisational principles for co-operative firms

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 329-356

  Nilsson, Jerker ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Agriculture; Co operatives; Cooperatives; Equity capital; Financing; Investments; Property rights; Residual rights; Transaction cost theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043241702     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(01)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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