The persistence of profitability among firms in the food economy

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-115

  Schumacher, Sara K ^a   Boland, Michael A ^b  

^a Conduit Internet Technologies ^*  (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food; Industrial organization; Market structure

Indexed keywords

FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PROFITABILITY; RETAILING;

EID: 13944264381     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0002-9092.2005.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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