A Profile of the Farm Machinery Industry: Helping Farmers Feed the World (AGENCY/DISTRIBUTED) - Softcover

Dawn M. Drake (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1606494422 ISBN 13: 9781606494424

Publisher: Business Expert Press, 2013

Synopsis

The farm machinery industry, though dominated by three large companies, is a complex sector of the global manufacturing economy that encompasses many smaller manufacturers as well. While contributing a small percentage to gross world product, it is vitally important to another key sector of the economy agriculture. Consequently, the recent rise in global crop prices has allowed the industry to be more resilient than other mature manufacturing sectors, like automobiles. The proposed book will provide a concise but comprehensive look at the farm machinery industry: its history, organization, competitors, and the challenges and opportunities the industry faces as a result of regulations, globalization and outside market forces. This will be done as a means of understanding a crucial building block to the success of agriculture's ability to feed the expanding world population.

About this title

About the Author:

Dawn M. Drake is an assistant professor in the Department of History and Geography at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri. Throughout her academic career, she has worked on projects related to barn architecture, climate change impact on diseases in dairy cattle, and competitive advantage in the farm machinery industry. Dr. Drake's doctoral research examined the organizational management strategies and competitive issues of the U.S. farm machinery industry as well as agricultural applications of geographic information systems.

About this edition

• Publisher: Business Expert Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1606494422
• ISBN 13: 9781606494424
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150