When conspicuous consumption becomes inconspicuous: The case of the migrant Hong Kong consumers

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 474-485

  Chung, Ed ^a   Fischer, Eileen ^b  

^a ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Ethnic groups; National cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041077265     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363760110404378     Document Type: Article

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