Performance of cooperatives and investor-owned firms: The case of the greek dairy industry

Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies: The Role of Cooperatives in the Agri-Food Industry

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 275-285

  Notta, Ourania ^a   Vlachvei, Aspassia ^b  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

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EID: 84872416747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5543-0_16     Document Type: Chapter

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