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A Cross-Level Framework of Relational Governance Between Chinese Agricultural Firm and Farmers

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Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Green Communications and Networks 2012 (GCN 2012): Volume 2

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Relational governance between Chinese big agricultural firm and farmers is an issue which has not been studied in the existing research. This paper establishes a framework of the relational governance between firms and their cooperative farmers.

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Acknowledgments

This work is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of leading agricultural enterprises and farmers, the relationship between governance and performance that (ID: 70703011).

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  1. College of Economics and Management, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

    Can Chen & Shiyan Huang

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  2. Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

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Chen, C., Huang, S. (2013). A Cross-Level Framework of Relational Governance Between Chinese Agricultural Firm and Farmers. In: Yang, Y., Ma, M. (eds) Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Green Communications and Networks 2012 (GCN 2012): Volume 2. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 224. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35567-7_37

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