Marketing aspects of quality assurance systems: The organic food sector case

British Food Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 829-839

  Achilleas, Kontogeorgos ^a   Anastasios, Semos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Business performance; Consumer behaviour; Marketing strategy; Organic foods; Pricing; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249181157     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700810893359     Document Type: Article

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