Strategic positioning under agricultural structural change: A critique of long jump co-operative ventures

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 41-61

  Goldsmith, Peter ^a   Gow, Hamish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Core competencies; Opportunity gap; Producer owned enterprise; Productivity gap; Strategic management theory; Tacit knowledge; Value added agriculture; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544475391     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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