Rural consumers' patronage behaviour in Finland

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-164

  Home, Niilo ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Patronage Behaviour; Rural Grocery Retailing; Shopping Orientation; Store Choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344637204     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593960210127709     Document Type: Article

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