Heterogeneity in the evaluation of quality assurance systems: The international food standard (IFS) in european agribusiness

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 99-138

  Schulze, Holger ^a   Albersmeier, Friederike ^a   Gawron, Jana Christina ^a   Spiller, Achim ^a   Theuvsen, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agribusiness; Evaluation; International food standard; Quality assurance systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649194496     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: 15592448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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