Rethinking incentive problems in cooperative organizations

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 383-393

  Borgen, Svein Ole ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Agricultural cooperatives; Incentives; Property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144256306     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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