Cluster membership as a competitive advantage in aquacultural development: Case study of tilapia producers in Olancho, Honduras

Aquaculture Economics and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 281-294

  Martinez, Pablo R ^a   Molnar, Joseph ^a   Trejos, Elizabeth ^a   Meyer, Daniel ^b   Meyer, Suyapa Triminio ^b   Tollner, William ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pan American Agricultural School   (Honduras)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Cluster; Innovation; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; PROFITABILITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS; OLANCHO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

TILAPIA;

EID: 16344371212     PISSN: 13657305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13657300409380370     Document Type: Article

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