Strategic management of farm supply and grain elevator businesses

Kenneth F. Harling
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Kenneth F. Harling: Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Postal: Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Agribusiness, 1988, vol. 4, issue 4, 301-314

Abstract: The increasingly competitive situation facing managers of farm supply and grain elevator businesses has made management of their business's strategy increasingly important to successful performance. Strategy of these businesses is examined here using linear regression. Businesses that earn higher returns on assets are found: to be more diversified in product lines, to do a better job of controlling general expenses, to have fewer assets, to be in areas of lower crop production, and to be proprietary rather than cooperative organizations.

Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.1002/1520-6297(198807)4:4<301::AID-AGR2720040402>3.0.CO;2-C

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