Understanding Japanese consumers: Some important underlying factors

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 235-248

  Synodinos, Nicolaos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Culture; Japanese

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035637101     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5884.00181     Document Type: Article

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