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Strategic management of farm supply and grain elevator businesses

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  • Kenneth F. Harling

    (Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada)

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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.

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  • Kenneth F. Harling, 1988. "Strategic management of farm supply and grain elevator businesses," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 4(4), pages 301-314.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:agribz:v:4:y:1988:i:4:p:301-314
    DOI: 10.1002/1520-6297(198807)4:4<301::AID-AGR2720040402>3.0.CO;2-C
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