Knowledge sharing in organic food supply chains

Journal on Chain and Network Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-144

  Kottila, Marja Riitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Organic foods; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949481674     PISSN: 15691829     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/JCNS2009.x168     Document Type: Article

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