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Social Network Analysis in Encouraging Role-Players in the Beef Market to Take Breeding Decisions: A Methodological Study

Gaetano MartinoDipartimento di Scienze Economico-Estimative e degli Alimenti, Università di Perugia, Italy
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Francesca M. SartiDipartimento di Biologia Applicata, Università di Perugia, Italy
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Francesco PanellaDipartimento di Biologia Applicata, Università di Perugia, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
Article: e9 | Received 05 Jan 2012, Accepted 28 Nov 2012, Published online: 18 Feb 2016

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