Knowledge bases in worlds of production: The case of the food industry

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-284

  Manniche, Jesper ^a   Testa, Stefania ^b  

^a Centre for Regional and Tourism Research   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative food; Food industry; Knowledge bases; Symbolic knowledge; Synthetic knowledge; Worlds of Production

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRM OWNERSHIP; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 77954098745     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662711003790627     Document Type: Article

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