Legacy Course Catalog
AGEC 428 - Vertical Coordination
| Effectivity: | 08/20/2001 - 12/20/2003 @ Purdue West Lafayette Traditional |
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| Credits: | 1 |
| Instructional Types: | Lec |
| Usually Offered: | spr |
| Short Title: | Vertical Coordination |
| Description: | Study of the vertical relationships between firms and/or individuals in the agricultural marketing chain. The focus is on firm and individual decision making in the context of a broad view of the U.S. and world food systems. Contracting, alliances, and vertical integration will be studied with extensive use of cases to illustrate the concepts. Students will be challenged to evaluate alternative coordination arrangements with respect to cost, income distribution, risk, and responsiveness to changing consumer preferences. Course meets during weeks 6-10. |
| School: | Agriculture |
| Department: | Agricultural Economics |
| Credit By Exam: | NO |
| Repeatable Flag: | NO |
| Temporary Flag: | NO |
| Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
| Honors Flag: | NO |
| Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.
