Cooperatives: Hierarchies or hybrids?

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-17

  Ménard, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

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EID: 84892288696     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5543-0_1     Document Type: Chapter

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