Consumer preferences for western-style convenience foods in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  CURTIS, Kynda R ^a   MCCLUSKEY, Jill J ^b   WAHL, Thomas I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Consumer; Convenience foods; Modernization; Processed potatoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846130600     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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