Producer relationships segmentation in Malaysia's milk supply chains

British Food Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1501-1516

  Boniface, Bonaventure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buyer seller relationships; Cluster analysis; Dairy industry; Food industry; Malaysia; Price satisfaction dimensions; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866677431     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701211263046     Document Type: Article

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