@article{Farrell:149980,
      recid = {149980},
      author = {Farrell, T. C. and Tozer, P. R.},
      title = {Strategic Alliances and Marketing Cooperatives: A Lamb  Industry Case Study},
      address = {1996-02},
      number = {407-2016-25327},
      pages = {30},
      year = {1996},
      abstract = {Producer cooperatives and strategic alliances could assist  lamb producers and market efficiency by improving price  signals through product grading. Opportunities exist for  first and second cross lamb producers to achieve price  premiums by forming intersectoral linkages with  processors/wholesalers and retailers. Producer cooperatives  enabler produces to supply consistent quantities of high  quality lambs to satisfy the market requirements of the  wholesaler/retailers within the alliance. Alternatively,  opportunistic lamb suppliers who are constrained by  environmental or cost factors may not be able to derive  similar price premiums. Market analysis reveals that there  are barriers to entry into specific market segments for  some producers, who participate in the market individually  or as a group. Hence, strategic alliances between producers  and higher level market participants can yield price  premiums beyond those achievable in a short-run freely  competitive market.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/149980},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.149980},
}