Managing wicked problems in agribusiness: The role of multi-stakeholder engagements in value creation

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 15, Issue SPECIALISSUEB, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Dentoni, Domenico ^a   Hospes, Otto ^a   Ross, Brent ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Multi stakeholder initiatives; Stakeholder theory; Sustainability; Wicked problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874835840     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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