Title The rural entrepreneurs : a history of the stock and station agent industry in Australia and New Zealand / Simon Ville

Published Cambridge ; Oakleigh, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2000 Cambridge ; Oakleigh, Victoria : Cambridge University Press, 2000 ©2000

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Description xiii, 259 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm Contents 1. A quintessentially Australasian institution -- 2. The development of the stock and station agent industry -- 3. The farming community network -- 4. Financial services -- 5. Marketing services: livestock, land, and produce -- 6. Marketing services: wool consignment and brokerage -- 7. Information, advisory, and advocacy services -- 8. Organisational structures and administrative practices -- 9. Inter-organisational relations: competition, cooperation and collusion among agency firms -- 10. Conclusion: business intermediation and rural entrepreneurship Analysis Agricultural industries Commodity marketing Financial institutions History New Zealand Pastoral industry Rural areas Service sector Social networks Stock and station agents Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-250) and index Notes Donation. ANU COOP 20120212 Brissenden collection, ANU Library Signed by author 1 copy. ANU Subject Animal industry -- Australia -- History. Animal industry -- New Zealand -- History. Entrepreneurship -- Australia. Entrepreneurship -- New Zealand. Rural industries -- Australia -- Marketing -- History. Rural industries -- New Zealand -- Marketing -- History. Sheep industry -- Australia -- History. Stock and station agents -- Australia -- History Sheep industry -- New Zealand -- History. Stock and station agents -- New Zealand -- History Stockyards -- Economic aspects -- Australia -- History. Stockyards -- Economic aspects -- New Zealand -- History. Wool industry -- History -- Australia Wool industry -- Australia. Wool industry -- History -- New Zealand Wool industry -- New Zealand. LC no. 00031235 ISBN 0521642655 9780521125949 (paperback)

Other Titles History of the stock and station agent in Australia and New Zealand

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