The internet and sustainable consumption: Perspectives on a Janus face

Journal of Consumer Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 251-286

  Reisch, Lucia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 2142668542     PISSN: 01687034     EISSN: 15730700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013977509623     Document Type: Review

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