Opportunism in agricultural cooperatives in Greece

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-19

  Iliopoulos, Constantine ^a   Valentinov, Vladislav ^b  

^a Agricultural Economics and Policy Research Institute   (Greece)

^b Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development Central and Eastern Europe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperatives; Greece; Leadership; Opportunism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864006586     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/oa.2012.0071     Document Type: Article

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