Agribusiness economics and management

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 554-570

  King, Robert P ^a   Boehlje, Michael ^b   Cook, Michael L ^c   Sonka, Steven T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Agribusiness; Business organization; Cooperative; Credit market; Education; Market structure; Operations; Strategy; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; BUSINESS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; CREDIT PROVISION; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MARKET;

EID: 77957678158     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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