Innovative firms and the urban/rural divide: The case of agro-food system

Management Decision

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1293-1310

  Fearne, Andrew ^a   Álvarez Coque, José María García ^b   Mercedes, Teresa López García Usach ^c   García, Sánchez ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c IVIFA Foundation   (Spain)

^d PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agro food firms; Innovation; Local labour systems; Rural areas; Spain; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879947172     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-12-2011-0482     Document Type: Article

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