Constructing a sustainable pork supply chain: A case of techno-institutional innovation

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-74

  Wiskerke, Johannes S C ^a   Roep, Dirk ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Food supply chain; Innovation; Path creation; Path dependency; Pork; Rural development; Sustainability; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247478471     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15239080701254982     Document Type: Article

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