The impact of cooperative structure and firm culture on market orientation and performance

Agribusiness

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-396

  Kyriakopoulos, Kyriakos ^a   Meulenberg, Matthew ^b   Nilsson, Jerker ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 39149132596     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.20021     Document Type: Article

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