Which Cooperative Ownership Model Performs Better? A Financial-Decision Aid Approach

Agribusiness

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-95

  Kalogeras, Nikos ^a   Pennings, Joost M E ^a,b   Benos, Theo ^a   Doumpos, Michael ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 84872400543     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.21323     Document Type: Article

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