Income diversification in Norwegian farm households: Reassessing pluriactivity

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-420

  Rønning, Lars ^a,b   Kolvereid, Lars ^b  

^a NORDLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Bodø School of Business   (Norway)

Author keywords

Farm households; Income diversification; Pluriactivity; Portfolio entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746073354     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242606065510     Document Type: Article

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