Are Large and Complex Agricultural Cooperatives Losing Their Social Capital?

Agribusiness

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-204

  Nilsson, Jerker ^a   Svendsen, Gunnar L H ^b   Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84859872370     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.21285     Document Type: Article

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