Advertising, concentration and profitability in Greek food manufacturing industries

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-198

  Vlachvei, A ^a   Oustapassidis, K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Europe; Food industry; Simultaneity; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031948905     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(97)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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