Biotechnology in Argentine agriculture faces world-wide concentration

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-231

  Varela, Liliana ^a   Bisang, Roberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Internalization; Local adaptation; Mergers and acquisitions; Multinationals

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

INTERNALIZATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MULTINATIONALS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; NONHUMAN; PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PLANTS;

EID: 33745851083     PISSN: 07173458     EISSN: 07173458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2225/vol9-issue3-27     Document Type: Article

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