The role of authenticity in ethnic theme restaurants

Journal of Foodservice Business Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 41-52

  Ebster, Claus ^a   Guist, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b College for International Business Relations ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Consumer behavior; Ethnic restaurants; Theming

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049101042     PISSN: 15378020     EISSN: 15378039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J369v07n02_04     Document Type: Article

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