Farm business and the development of alternative farm enterprises: An empirical analysis in Greece

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-283

  Damianos, Dimitri ^a   Skuras, Dimitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FARM ENTERPRISE; BUSINESS CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT; FARM BUSINESS;

GREECE, ETOLIA-AKARNANIA;

EID: 0030176713     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0743-0167(96)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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