Farmer-Entrepreneurs, Agricultural Innovation, and Explosive Research and Development Cycles

Private sector research and development (R&D) in food processing has seen a growing share of agricultural R&D. This paper analyzes market and technological links between farmer-entrepreneurs and food processing firms. It is shown that processing sector R&D tends to display ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: João Ricardo Faria, Franklin G. Mixon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:Administrative Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/6/4/13