Determinants of Agri-food Firms' Participation in Public Funded Research and Development

Agribusiness

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 314-329

  Garcia Alvarez Coque, Jose Maria ^a   Mas Verdu, Francisco ^a   Sanchez García, Mercedes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

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EID: 84949090959     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.21407     Document Type: Article

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