Agrifood SMEs in Greece: The role of collective action

British Food Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 663-676

  Lamprinopoulou, Chrysoula ^a   Tregear, Angela ^a   Ness, Mitchell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural products; Behaviours; Greece; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747123638     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700610682346     Document Type: Review

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