Implications of commodity price behavior for marketing strategies

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1258-1264

  Tomek, William G ^a   Peterson, Hikaru Hanawa ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; MARKETING; PRICE DYNAMICS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745286265     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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