Promoting Entrepreneurship in the Agri-food Industry: Policy Insights from a Pan-European Public–Private Consortium

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 753-784

  Bolzani, Daniela ^a   Carli, Giacomo ^b   Fini, Riccardo ^a   Sobrero, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri food; entrepreneurship; factor analysis; public policy; public private consortium; scale development

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

EID: 84958884875     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2015.1113860     Document Type: Article

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