Position and performance of farmer cooperatives in the food supply chain of the eu-27

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 579-595

  Höhler, Julia ^a   Kühl, Rainer ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agribusiness; Competitiveness; Cooperatives EU; Food supply chain; Position

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911920066     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apce.12052     Document Type: Article

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