Co-operatives in chains: Institutional restructuring in the Dutch fruit and vegetable industry

Journal on Chain and Network Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-107

  Bijman, Jos ^a   Hendrikse, George ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asset specificity; Asymmetric information; Auction; Co operatives; Fresh produce; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849101586     PISSN: 15691829     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/JCNS2003.x033     Document Type: Article

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