Determinants of sustainable business relationships in selected german agri-food chains

British Food Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 776-793

  Reynolds, Nikolai ^a   Fischer, Christian ^b   Hartmann, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food products; Germany; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 73249146329     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700910980919     Document Type: Article

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