The global food industry and "creative capitalism": The partners in food solutions sustainable business model

Business and Society Review

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 489-511

  Hemphill, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

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EID: 84888880827     PISSN: 00453609     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/basr.12019     Document Type: Article

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