Information and its management for differentiation of agricultural products: The example of specialty coffee

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-253

  Niederhauser, Norbert ^a   Oberthür, Thomas ^a   Kattnig, Sibylle ^b   Cock, James ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agricultural product differentiation; Agricultural supply chains; Information management; Internet based; Specialty coffee

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION; AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAINS; COFFEE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COFFEE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 39149103714     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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