Strategic planning and agribusiness: an exploratory study of the adoption of strategic planning techniques by co-operatives

Authors:
Miles, M.P.
White, J.B.
Munilla, L.S.
Type: Journal Article
Year of publication: 1997
Source: USDA
Collected from: AGRIS
Subject:
cooperatives
agriculture
Description:Explores the adoption of strategic planning techniques by agribusiness; specifically agricultural co-operatives. Offers implications for policy. A survey was sent to 345 co-operatives listed in the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Cooperative Service's Directory of Farmer Cooperatives. Co-operatives have widely adopted many of the sophisticated strategic planning techniques such as environmental analysis, core competences and SWOT analysis.
 

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