Business strategies, profitability and efficiency of production

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-31

  Alarcon S ^a   Sanchez M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Entrepreneurial orientation; Innovativeness; Market orientation; Roa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874991836     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2013111-3093     Document Type: Article

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