Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies The Role of Cooperative
Agricultural cooperatives have strong market positions in agri-food industries, in many countries. In recent decades we have witnessed significant changes in competition, distribution of market power and governance structures of agri-food chains. Between
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Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies The Role of Cooperatives in the Agri-Food Industry Edited by
Kostas Karantininis Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark
and
Jerker Nilsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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This publication is based on the presentations made at the European Research Conferences (EURESCO) on “Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies: The Role of Cooperatives in the International Agri-Food Industry – A EuroConference on Agri-Food Cooperatives in the New Millennium: Competition & Organisation” (Bad Herrenalb, Germany, 12–16 June 2003) and “Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies: The Role of Cooperatives in the International AgriFood Industry – A EuroConference on the Strategies and Organisation of Agri-Food Cooperatives: Quality Assurance and Vertical Coordination” (Chania, Greece, 3–7 September 2004) organised by the European Science Foundation and supported by the European Commission, Research DG, Human Potential Programme, High-Level Scientific Conferences, Contract HPCF-CT-2000-00172. This information is the sole responsibility of the author(s) and does not reflect the ESF or Community opinion. The ESF and the Community are not responsible for any use that might be made of data appearing in this publication.
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Essays in Memory of
Professor Konstantinos Oustapassidis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
KONSTANTINOS OUSTAPASSIDIS 1951–2001 Konstantinos Oustapassidis was born in Alonia, Pierias, a small town in Northern Greece. Son of immigrants from the Black Sea, he grew up speaking the “pontiaki” dialect and being very proud of his heritage. He went to high school in nearby Katerini and then to Thessaloniki. He received his B.Sc. degree in agriculture from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), in 1974. After completing his military service, he got his first job at ELVIZ, a Greek Feedstuff Firm, and attended the Graduate Business School of Thessaloniki where he received his second degree in 1979. He joined the Department of Agricultura
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