Determinants of successful cooperation in agricultural markets: Evidence from producer groups in Poland

Contributions to Management Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 27-46

  Banaszak, Ilona ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Agricultural markets; Cooperation; Poland; Producer groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064910246     PISSN: 14311941     EISSN: 2197716X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2058-4_3     Document Type: Chapter

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