Product life cycles and innovation in the US seed corn industry

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 17-36

  Magnier, Alexandre ^a   Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas ^a   Miller, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated failure time; Biotechnology; Product life cycle; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77957760732     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: 15592448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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