Consumer perceptions and preferences on solid wood, wood-based panels, and composites: A repertory grid study

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 663-678

  Johnson, Oskar ^a   Lindberg, Siv ^b   Roos, Anders ^c   Hugosson, Mårten ^c   Lindström, Mikael ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INNVENTIA AB   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attribute elicitation; Consumer research; Content analysis; Kelly's repertory grid

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTE ELICITATION; CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS; CONSUMER RESEARCH; CONTENT ANALYSIS; KELLY'S REPERTORY GRID; REPERTORY GRID TECHNIQUES; SOLID WOODS; WOOD MATERIALS; WOOD SAMPLES; WOOD-BASED COMPOSITES; WOOD-BASED PANELS;

EXTRACTION; MARKETING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

WOOD;

COMPOSITES; CONSUMERS; EXTRACTION; MARKET RESEARCH; MARKETING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 65549149634     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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