Food consumption models: Market times, tradition times

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 679-688

  Fonte, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

European Union; Food consumption; Globalization; Resistance; Rural development

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MARKETING; MODERNIZATION; NUTRITION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREAS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GLOBALIZATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031601648     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1998.002688     Document Type: Article

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