Internationalization and Firm Performance in Agribusiness: Empirical Evidence from European Cooperatives

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-93

  Heyder, Matthias ^a   Makus, Christian ^a   Theuvsen, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cooperatives; dairy industry; firm performance; internationalization; meat industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893087599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18696945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18461/ijfsd.v2i1.216     Document Type: Article

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