This book analyzes the implications of the trend toward increased seller concentration due to mergers and leveraged buyouts that have helped increase food firm stock prices 900" during the 1980s. It is an essential reading for industrial organization economists and agricultural marketing economists.

This book explores the evolution of agricultural marketing cooperatives within the framework of competitive strategy analysis. It also explores issues of horizontal and vertical integration and product differentiation by discussing new strategic directions that cooperatives might pursue.

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International competitiveness is a prime concern of food industries and governments around the world. This book provides a review of the current thinking on competitiveness.