Corporate environmentalism and organic agriculture in Australia: The case of Uncle Tobys

Rural Sociology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-265

  Lyons, Kristen ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTALISM; ORGANIC FARMING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032839914     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1999.tb00017.x     Document Type: Article

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