Social capital, governance and performance of ethiopian coffee cooperatives

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 463-484

  Ruben, Ruerd ^a   Heras, Jorge ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84868102494     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2012.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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