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Member commitment in agricultural cooperatives: Evidence from Ethiopia

Habtamu Mekonnen Awoke1 Management, Economics and Consumer Studies, Wageningen University and Research Centre, NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Md. Mahmudul Alam2 School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia, MALAYSIAView further author information
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Article: 1968730 | Received 27 May 2019, Accepted 27 Jun 2021, Published online: 04 Sep 2021

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