Firm, market, and regulatory factors influencing innovation and commercialization in canada's functional food and nutraceutical sector

Agribusiness

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-230

  Herath, Deepananda ^a   Cranfield, John ^a   Henson, Spencer ^a   Sparling, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 73449148346     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.20156     Document Type: Article

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