The use of the Internet as a critical success factor for the marketing of Welsh agri-food SMEs in the twenty-first century

British Food Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 331-347

  Sparkes, Adrian ^a   Thomas, Brychan ^a  

^a University of Glamorgan   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food; Internet; Small to medium sized enterprises; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031921     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700110395368     Document Type: Article

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