Multicriteria analysis and assessment of financial viability of agribusinesses: The case of marketing co-operatives and juice-producing companies

Agribusiness

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 543-558

  Baourakis, George ^a   Doumpos, Michael ^b   Kalogeras, Nikos ^a   Zopounidis, Constantin ^b  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 34247559664     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.10031     Document Type: Article

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