Managing labor on dairy farms: A resource-based perspective with evidence from case studies

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 79-98

  Mugera, Amin W ^a   Bitsch, Vera ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy farms; Hired farm workers; Human resource management; Resource based theory; Sustained competitive advantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544457718     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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