Production Relations under GLOBALG.A.P: The Relative Influence of Standards and Retail Market Structure

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-47

  Tennent, Rebeka ^a   Lockie, Stewart ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD PRODUCTION; MARKET SYSTEM; OLIGOPOLY; RETAILING; STANDARD (REGULATION);

CITRUS;

EID: 84855356419     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2011.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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