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The Economics of Dot.coms and E-commerce in the Agrifood Sector

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The Internet, as a distributed information system, has the capability to reinforce the current structure of the U.S. agricultural and food system, and/or to facilitate shifts in the pattern of structural change. E-commerce can act as a coordinating mechanism that will strengthen the tendencies toward growth in firm size and agribusiness consolidation. On the other hand, the Internet could foster greater numbers of smaller, entrepreneurial firms. In reviewing the factors that support both types of effect, I conclude that we have yet to see which one influence outweighs the other. Copyright 2003, Oxford University Press.

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  • Frank Beurskens, 2003. "The Economics of Dot.coms and E-commerce in the Agrifood Sector," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 25(1), pages 22-25.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:revage:v:25:y:2003:i:1:p:22-25
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    1. Peter L. Stenberg & Mitchell Morehart, 2012. "The existence of pent-up demand for rural broadband services: an exploration," Chapters, in: Charlie Karlsson & Börje Johansson & Roger R. Stough (ed.), Entrepreneurship, Social Capital and Governance, chapter 9, pages 221-240, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Bai, Yang & Wang, Ryan Yang & Jayakar, Krishna, 2022. "What $2.5 billion can buy: The effect of the Broadband Initiatives Program on farm productivity," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(7).
    3. Peter Stenberg & Mitchell Morehart, 2011. "Broadband Internet Use by Economic Actors in Rural Regions," ERSA conference papers ersa10p1469, European Regional Science Association.

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