How standards compete: Comparative impact of coffee certification schemes in Northern Nicaragua

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-109

  Ruben, Ruerd ^a   Zuniga, Guillermo ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Coffee; Fair trade; Nicaragua; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952797635     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541111115356     Document Type: Article

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