A Strategic Rationale for Captive Supplies

Partial backward integration is prevalent in many agricultural and natural resource processing industries. A strategic rationale for partial backward integration is developed for a dominant firm with a competitive fringe purchasing from competitive input suppliers. A partially backward integrated do...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: H. Alan Love, Diana M. Burton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 1999-07-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30868