Developing human capital for agri-food firms' multi-stakeholder interactions

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 15, Issue SPECIALISSUEA, 2012, Pages 61-68

  Dentoni, Domenico ^a   Blok, Vincent ^a   Lans, Thomas ^a   Wesselink, Renate ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Competencies; Human capital; Stakeholder management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877002615     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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