Partnerships of a feather flock together? An analysis of the emergence of networks of partnerships in the global cocoa sector

Global Networks

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 355-374

  Bitzer, Verena ^a   Glasbergen, Pieter ^b   Leroy, Pieter ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

COCOA SECTOR; COMPETITION; COOPERATION; NETWORKS; PARTNERSHIPS

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS ENTITIES; CASE STUDY APPROACH; COOPERATION; PARTNERSHIPS;

COCOA; COMPETITION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84861798582     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2011.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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