Motivations of fresh-cut produce firms to implement quality management systems

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-146

  Fouayzi, Hassan ^a   Caswell, Julie A ^a   Hooker, Neal H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646552717     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2006.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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