A ten-year Delphi forecast of the Irish Speciality Food Market

Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-83

  Murphy, A ^a   Meehan, H F ^a   O'Reilly, S ^b   Bogue, J ^b  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Delphi Technique; Irish Food Industry; Market forecast; Speciality foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037671730     PISSN: 08974438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J047v14n01_05     Document Type: Article

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