Innovation and integration in the agri-food industry

Food Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-120

  Karantininis, Kostas ^a   Sauer, Johannes ^a,b   Furtan, William Hartley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food industry; Innovation; Market structure; Networks; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; FIRM SIZE; FOOD INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

DENMARK;

EID: 77950867298     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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