Alternative Agrifood Networks as Learning Communities: Some Issues for a Classification Model

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 278, Issue , 2013, Pages 293-300

  Ammirato, Salvatore ^a   Della Gala, Marco ^a   Volpentesta, Antonio P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative Agrifood Network; Classification model; Learning Communities

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

AGRIFOOD; CLASSIFICATION MODELS; LEARNING COMMUNITY; ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS; ORIGINAL MODEL; SOCIO-ECONOMICS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 84880376195     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35879-1_34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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