How the fall of the iron curtain has affected consumers' perceptions of urban and rural quality of life in romania

Journal of East-West Business

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 145-172

  Manrai, Lalita A ^a   Manrai, Ajay K ^a   Lascu, Dana Nicoleta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic reform; Marketing; Marketization; Quality of life; Romania; Rural; Transition; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001085562     PISSN: 10669868     EISSN: 15286959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J097v05n01_08     Document Type: Article

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