Understanding heterogeneous preferences of cooperative members

Agribusiness

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-111

  Kalogeras, Nikos ^a,b   Pennings, Joost M E ^a,b,c   Van Der Lans, Ivo A ^c   Garcia, Philip ^b   Van Dijk, Gert ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 68949143551     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.20187     Document Type: Article

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