Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies (eBook, PDF)

The Role of Cooperatives in the Agri-Food Industry

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Produktbeschreibung

Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies comprises a selection of sixteen newly written essays that provide clarification to issues pertinent to contemporary cooperatives. Twenty three internationally recognized scholars of agricultural cooperatives, from a variety of disciplines such as industrial organization, finance, sociology, networks, and political theory, contributed theoretical work and empirical observations from different countries. The book is divided into five Parts: I. Cooperatives: between markets and hierarchies; II. Governance; III. Internal organizational issues; IV. Conduct of cooperatives; and V. Cooperative performance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherland
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402055430
• Artikelnr.: 37344482

Autorenporträt

Kostas Karantininis is research professor of Economics of Agri-Food Supply Chains & Cooperatives at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark.

Jerker Nilsson is professor of cooperative business at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents

I. The Cooperative: Between Market And Hierarchy.- II. Governance.- III. Internal Organization.- IV. Conduct.- V. Performance.

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From the contents

I. The Cooperative: Between Market And Hierarchy.- II. Governance.- III. Internal Organization.- IV. Conduct.- V. Performance.