An empirical study on governance structure choices in chinás pork supply chain

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-152

  Ji, Chen ^a   de Felipe, Isabel ^a   Briz, Julian ^a   Trienekens, Jacques H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China's pork supply chain; Governance structure; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84864749334     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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