Adoption of food safety and quality controls: Do firm characteristics matter? Evidence from the Canadian food processing sector

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-314

  Herath, Deepananda ^a   Hassan, Zuhair ^a   Henson, Spencer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 34547871275     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2007.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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