Supermarkets in Vietnam: Opportunities and obstacles

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-46

  Maruyama, Masayoshi ^a   Trung, Le Viet ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Probit model; Supermarkets; Traditional market

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD MARKET; PERCEPTION; PRICE DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETAILING;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33947679205     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: 14678381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2007.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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