Revisiting the Importance of Detachment in the Dynamics of Competition: Lessons from the marketing of an uncertain product

Journal of Cultural Economy

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 689-704

  Le Velly, Ronan ^a   Goulet, Frédéric ^a  

^a UMR INNOVATION   (France)

Author keywords

actor network theory; agriculture; detachment; market; qualities; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947022171     PISSN: 17530350     EISSN: 17530369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2015.1051489     Document Type: Article

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