Managerial behavior and strategy choices in agribusiness cooperatives

Agribusiness

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 483-495

  Katz, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2142726328     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(199709/10)13:5<483::AID-AGR3>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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