Economic incentives for improving mango quality in Costa Rica

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 400-422

  Zúñiga Arias, Guillermo ^a   Ruben, Ruerd ^b   Verkerk, Ruud ^c   Van Boekel, Martinus ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Wageningen Agricultural University   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contracts; Costa Rica; Fruits; Prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149190114     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710810865276     Document Type: Article

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