Knowledge exchange and social learning opportunities in direct agri-food chains

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 380 AICT, Issue , 2012, Pages 340-348

  Volpentesta, Antonio P ^a   Ammirato, Salvatore ^a   Della Gala, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

agri food; direct marketing; knowledge exchange; social learning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHAINS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; MARKETING; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

DIRECT MARKETING; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; LEARNING OPPORTUNITY; QUALITATIVE DATA; SOCIAL LEARNING;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870366340     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32775-9_35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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