Product innovation in the Canadian canola sector

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-74

  Gray, Richard ^a   Malla, Stavroula ^b   Phillips, Peter W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural products; Canada; Innovation; Investments; Product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644557479     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540610642484     Document Type: Article

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