Food SMEs face increasing competition in the EU market: Marketing management capability is a tool for becoming a price maker

Agribusiness

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 113-131

  Banterle, Alessandro ^a   Cavaliere, Alessia ^a   Carraresi, Laura ^a   Stranieri, Stefanella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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EID: 84899071526     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.21354     Document Type: Article

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