Beef traceability: Are Greek consumers willing to pay?

EuroMed Journal of Business

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-190

  Kehagia, Olga ^a   Linardakis, Michalis ^a   Chryssochoidis, George ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Consumer behaviuor; Consumers; Greece; Meat; Production control

Indexed keywords

EID: 65049092399     PISSN: 14502194     EISSN: 1758888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14502190710826040     Document Type: Article

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