European dairy cooperative strategies: Horizontal integration versus diversity

Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies: The Role of Cooperatives in the Agri-Food Industry

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 195-211

  Harte, Laurence ^a   O'Connell, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 77949309550     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5543-0_11     Document Type: Chapter

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