The US food discounter’s invasion of Canada and Britain: A power perspective

Agribusiness

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-235

  Hallsworth, Alan ^a   Taylor, Michael ^a   Jones, Ken ^a   Muncaster, Russell ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 73149111552     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(199703/04)13:2<227::AID-AGR10>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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