A collaborative network model for agrifood transactions on regional base

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 112 CCIS, Issue PART 2, 2010, Pages 319-325

  Volpentesta, Antonio P ^a   Ammirato, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collaborative Network; E Business; Learning Communities; Regional Alternative Agrifood Network; Sustainable change

Indexed keywords

AGRIFOOD; COLLABORATIVE NETWORK; EBUSINESS; LEARNING COMMUNITIES; SUSTAINABLE CHANGE;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 78649852584     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16324-1_34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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