Improving cooperation to make the South African fresh apple export value chain more competitive

Journal on Chain and Network Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-72

  Hardman, Paul ^a   Darroch, Mark ^a   Ortmann, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Commitment; Communication; Joint problem solving; Risk; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249668719     PISSN: 15691829     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/JCNS2002.x018     Document Type: Article

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