Contents

List of plates

List of figures

List of tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

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

Glossary

Index