A province-level analysis of economies of scale in Canadian food processing

Agribusiness

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 538-556

  Gervais, Jean Philippe ^a   Bonroy, Olivier ^b   Couture, Steve ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 73449104567     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.20178     Document Type: Article

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