Environmental uncertainty and vertical integration in a small business network: The case of Natural Valley Farms Inc.

Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 252-267

  Charlebois, Sylvain ^a   Camp, Ronald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

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EID: 84992947919     PISSN: 17506204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506200710779558     Document Type: Article

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