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Entrepreneurship, Collective Entrepreneurship and the Producer-Owned Firm
Bijman, Jos; Doorneweert, Bart - 2008
Entrepreneurship is predominantlyassociated with the activities of an individual actor –the entrepreneur. It has also been related to theconcept of firm ownership (e.g. Foss and Klein,2005). This may lead to the conjecture that acollectively-owned firm is a setting for...
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SER COMPETITIVO SEM DEIXAR DE SER COOPERATIVO: PROPOSTA DE ANÃLISE SISTÊMICA PARA O DILEMA DAS COOPERATIVAS
Holf, Debora Navar; Binotto, Erlaine; Padilha, Ana … - In: Organizacoes Rurais e Agroindustriais/Rural and … 11 (2009) 1
, knowledge and a cooperative stance, which tend to influence the performance of the organization through their presence in its … other internal factors. The basic concept of a cooperative organization is its most important differentiating factor because … systems that incorporate social-environmental concerns in their structure, cooperative organizations are built on this kind of …
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Entrepreneurship, Collective Entrepreneurship and the Producer-Owned Firm
Bijman, Jos; Doorneweert, Bart - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
attributed to the cooperative. …
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Producers Cooperative Oil Mill: A Case Study in Strategic Planning for a Cooperative
Kenkel, Philip L.; Holcomb, Rodney B. - In: Journal of Cooperatives 25 (2011)
cooperative located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The process of strategic planning and strategy implementation in agribusiness has …This study examines the strategic issues and decisions of Producers Cooperative Oil Mill, a regional oilseed processing … been the topic of numerous research studies and case studies. While cooperative firms have been the subject of case studies …
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The Applicability of Transaction Costs Economics to Vertical Integration Decision: Evidences from a Brazilian Beef Processor
Vieira, Luciana Marques - 2008
This article aims to explore the vertical integration decision of a beef processor from an integrated approach operations strategy andtransaction costs economic theory. In this research, vertical integration as a structural decision of operations strategy determinedby the occurrence of...
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The Applicability of Transaction Costs Economics to Vertical Integration Decision: Evidences from a Brazilian Beef Processor
Vieira, Luciana Marques - In: Organizacoes Rurais e Agroindustriais/Rural and … 10 (2008) 3
This article aims to explore the vertical integration decision of a beef processor from an integrated approach operations strategy and transaction costs economic theory. In this research, vertical integration as a structural decision of operations strategy determined by the occurrence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008539735
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IMPACT OF VERTICAL MERGERS ON FOOD INDUSTRY PROFITABILITY: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION
Bhuyan, Sanjib - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2001
Vertical integration is an important business strategy among firms in the U.S. food industries. Our objective is to test one of the perceived benefits of vertical integration - improved profitability of the integrated firm. Findings show that increased vertical mergers in food industries would...
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Vertical Integration within the Fresh Fruit Chain
Baldwin, Jean-Paul; Spreen, Thomas H. - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012
The “fruit trade chain” is a commonly accepted term used in the industry to describe the system of trading fresh fruit. The fruit trade chain includes procurement, production, packaging, shipment and delivery to the consumer. Within this chain, numerous components are involved: picking,...
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GESTÃO DO PROCESSO DE CAPTAÇÃO DE LEITE: UM ESTUDO DE CASO NA COOPERATIVA AGRÃCOLA ALTO RIO GRANDE LTDA (CAARG)
Ferreira, Antonio Pedro Vasco Batica; Santos, Antonio … - In: Organizacoes Rurais e Agroindustriais/Rural and … 12 (2010) 1
The aim of this work was to assess the milking process in an agricultural cooperative in Lavras, Minas Gerais state …
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Organizational Structure and Operation of the Illinois Wine Industry
Franken, Jason R. V.; Bacon, Kevin J. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 43 (2014) 1
This study examines vertical coordination in the wine industry emerging in Illinois. We find that quality matters as temporal issues related to grape perishability increase the probability of written contracts being used to procure grapes. Holdup concerns related to sourcing adequate quality...
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