Lamb-buying preferences of Canadian abattoirs and producer marketing groups: Implications for the Canadian supply chain

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 86-94

  Stanford, K ^a   Hobbs, J E ^b   Gilbert, M ^c   Jones, S D M ^d   Price, M A ^e   Klein, K K ^f   Kerr, W A ^g  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b George Morris Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buyers; Canada; Conjoint analysis; Meat; Supply chain; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FOOD PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARKETING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SALES;

BUYERS; CANADA; CONJOINT ANALYSIS; MEAT; SUPPLY CHAIN; TRANSACTION COSTS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0006650510     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598549910264761     Document Type: Review

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