‘What's so special about family business?’ An exploratory study of UK and Irish consumer experiences of family businesses

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 656-666

  Carrigan, Marylyn ^a   Buckley, Joan ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Community; Consumer behaviour; Family business; Loyalty; Retail

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849102929     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2008.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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