Industry Concentration Impacts on Business Strategies Used by Small Produce Wholesalers

Roger A. Hinson, Ramona Sinoha and Dixie Watts Reaves
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Dixie Watts Dalton

No 35291, 2006 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2006, Orlando, Florida from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Opportunities for small produce wholesalers are affected by concentration in the supply chain, and availability and use of information technology for cost and service issues. Case studies evaluated perceptions, technology adoption and use, and strategies. Ongoing relationships, contracts and bids were common, and a differentiation strategy was chosen.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.35291

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