Sustainability standards and the reorganization of private label supply chains: A transaction cost perspective

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5272-5288

  Banterle, Alessandro ^a   Stranieri, Stefanella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case studies; IPM; Sustainable food chains; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; PEST CONTROL; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSACTION COST;

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EID: 84894088872     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5125272     Document Type: Article

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