Cross-cultural differences in survey response patterns

International Marketing Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-143

  Dolnicar, Sara ^a   Grün, Bettina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Market research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947223966     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651330710741785     Document Type: Article

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