Social aspects of the impact of information and communication technologies on agri-food SMEs in Wales

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-41

  Thomas, Brychan ^a   Sparkes, Adrian ^b   Brooksbank, David ^b   Williams, Robert ^b  

^a University of Glamorgan   (United Kingdom)

^b Welsh Enterprise Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri food; ICT; SMEs; Social aspects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036523323     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000002101293840     Document Type: Article

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