Cooperatives' Organizational Restructuring, Strategic Attributes, and Performance: The Case of Agribusiness Cooperatives in Greece

Agribusiness

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 127-150

  Benos, Theo ^a   Kalogeras, Nikos ^a,b   Verhees, Frans J H M ^c   Sergaki, Panagiota ^d   Pennings, Joost M E ^a,c,e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAICh International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)   (France)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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

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EID: 84955420566     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.21429     Document Type: Article

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