Dealing with insecurity

Zeitschrift fur Wirtschaftsgeographie

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 43-57

  Keck, Markus ^a   Bohle, Hans Georg ^a   Zingel, Wolfgang Peter ^b  

^a Informal Business Relations and Risk Governance among Food Wholesalers ^*

^b Informal Business Relations and Risk Governance among Food Wholesalers   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Embeddedness; Food system; Informality; Wholesaling

Indexed keywords

FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMAL SECTOR; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84861368193     PISSN: 00443751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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