Human resource management on dairy farms: Does investing in people matter?

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 208-217

  Hyde, Jeffrey ^a   Cornelisse, Sarah A ^a   Holden, Lisa A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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