The perils of zero tolerance: Technology management, supply chains and thwarted globalisation

International Journal of Technology and Globalisation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 203-216

  Hobbs, Jill E ^a   Kerr, William A ^a   Smyth, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acyncronous approval; Biotechnology; Flax; Genetic modification; Globalisation; International trade; Pollen; Technology; Zero tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907272424     PISSN: 14765667     EISSN: 17418194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTG.2014.064742     Document Type: Article

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