Ouden, M. den; Dijkhuizen, Aalt A.; Huirne, Ruud B.M.; … - In: Agribusiness 12 (1996) 3, pp. 277-290
Optimization of individual stages within a production-marketing chain (PMCh) may cause a suboptimal result of the PMCh as a whole. Market imperfections and conflicting interest may be the causal factors. Although vertical integration is often mentioned as the conventional solution, certain...