Networking agrifood SMEs and consumer groups in local agribusiness

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 283, Issue , 2008, Pages 33-40

  Volpentesta, Antonio P ^a   Ammirato, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

AGRIFOOD; AGRIFOOD SECTORS; COLLABORATIVE NETWORK; GLOBAL COMPETITION; HIGH QUALITY; LOCAL GROUPS;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 51149103756     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-84837-2_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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