Possible ways of market coordination and integration in the hungarian dairy sector

Journal of Rural Cooperation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-51

  Szabó, Gábor G ^a   Popovics, Péter ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Co operation; Contractual relations; Dairy sector; Governance structure; Producers' group; SWOT analysis; Vertical co ordination

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE SECTOR; DAIRY FARMING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MARKET; PRIVATE SECTOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 68849093132     PISSN: 03777480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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