Multivariate analysis for the assessment of factors affecting industrial competitiveness: The case of Greek food and beverage industries

Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-98

  Lipovatz, Daphne ^a   Mandaraka, Maria ^a   Mourelatos, Alexandros ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; FOOD PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BEVERAGE INDUSTRY; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 0034165224     PISSN: 15241904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1526-4025(200004/06)16:2<85::AID-ASMB384>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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