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Agribusiness Simulators for Management Training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Emerson M. Babb
Emerson M. Babb*
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida
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Abstract

This paper describes four agribusiness simulators which can be processed on a microcomputer for use in undergraduate and extension teaching. The simulators model the environment in which supermarket chains, farm supply centers, and cooperative and proprietary grain elevators compete for business. Instruction manuals, user's manuals, and a diskette are distributed for each simulator. Each diskette contains programs to enter and edit team decisions, to process decisions and print reports, and to create graphs of team performance. The simulators can be used to teach financial management concepts and techniques, as well as economic principles.

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agribusinesssimulatormicrocomputermanagement game

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , December 1985 , pp. 193 - 198
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1985

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