Economic analysis of process innovations in the management of olive farms

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1486-1491

  Testa, Riccardo ^a   Di Trapani, Anna Maria ^a   Sgroi, Filippo ^a   Tudisca, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Costs; Farms; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903950685     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2014.1486.1491     Document Type: Article

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