The effect of quality-environmental investment on horticultural firms' competitiveness

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-386

  Galdeano Gómez, Emilio ^a   Céspedes Lorente, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

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EID: 13944275335     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2004.tb00375.x     Document Type: Article

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