Cross-national adoption of private food quality standards

Food Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 401-411

  Herzfeld, Thomas ^a   Drescher, Larissa S ^b   Grebitus, Carola ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adoption; BRC; Food quality; GlobalGAP; Standards

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPORT; FOOD MARKET; FOOD QUALITY; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRADE RELATIONS;

GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955479055     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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