Surprised by supermarkets: Diffusion of modern food retail in India

Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-161

  Reardon, Thomas ^a   Minten, Bart ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Food products; Food retail chains; India; Retailing; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871906311     PISSN: 20440839     EISSN: 20440847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20440831111167155     Document Type: Article

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