A Case Study of Technological Switching and Technological Lock-In in the French Fisheries Sector: Why is Sustainable Change so Difficult?

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 541-559

  Le Floc'h, Pascal ^a   Daurès, Fabienne ^b   Guyader, Olivier ^b   Wilson, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b Universite de Brest   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

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EID: 84868300082     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2012.01259.x     Document Type: Article

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