Agribusiness Management

This sixth edition of Agribusiness Management provides students and managers with a fundamental understanding of the key concepts needed to successfully manage agribusinesses in a rapidly changing, high-tech, consumer-oriented, and uncertain world.

List of contents

PART 1. Agribusiness Management: Scope, Functions, and Tasks  1. The Business of Agribusiness  2. Managing the Agribusiness  3. Economics for Agribusiness Managers  PART 2. Agribusiness Management: Organization and Context  4. The Organization of an Agribusiness  5. International Agribusiness  PART 3. Marketing Management for Agribusiness  6. Strategic Market Planning  7. The Marketing Mix  8. Marketing Decision Tools for Agribusiness  PART 4. Financial Management for Agribusiness  9. Understanding Financial Statements  10. Analyzing Financial Statements  11. Financing the Agribusiness  12. Tools for Evaluating Operating Decisions  13. Tools for Evaluating Investment Decisions  PART 5. Operations Management for Agribusiness  14. Production Planning and Management  15. Supply Chain Management for Agribusiness  PART 6. Human Resource Management for Agribusiness  16. Managing Organizational Structure  17. Managing Human Resources in Agribusiness  End. Glossary

About the author

Freddie L. Barnard is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, U.S.
John Foltz is Professor and Chair of the Department of Animal Sciences at Ohio State University, U.S.
Elizabeth A. Yeager is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University, U.S.
Brady Brewer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, U.S.

Summary

This sixth edition of Agribusiness Management provides students and managers with a fundamental understanding of the key concepts needed to successfully manage agribusinesses in a rapidly changing, high-tech, consumer-oriented, and uncertain world.

Product details

• Authors: Freddie L. Barnard, Freddie L. Foltz Barnard, Barnard Freddie L., Brady Brewer, John Foltz, Elizabeth Yeager, Elizabeth A. Yeager
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367341947
• ISBN: 978-0-367-34194-7
• No. of pages: 556
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Agricultural science, Economics of industrial organisation, Agriculture & Related Industries, Economics of industrial organization