The New Zealand dairy cooperatives' adaptation changing market conditions

Journal of Rural Cooperation

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-70

  Nilsson, Jerker ^a,b   Ohlsson, Camilla ^c,d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Scanagri AB   (Sweden)

^d United Nations Conference on Trade and Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cooperative; Dairy; Fonterra; Market organizational model; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; DAIRY FARMING; MARKET CONDITIONS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 39149113499     PISSN: 03777480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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