Director-Generals’ Human and Social Capital, and Management Performance of Farmers’ Cooperatives: Evidence from China’s Fujian
By:
Bin Liu and Zhongbin Li
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Language: English
Page range: 149 - 165
Submitted on: May 5, 2018
Accepted on: Jun 28, 2018
Published on: Jun 29, 2018
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