Does the country of origin (coo) of food products influence consumer evaluations? An empirical examination of ham and cheese

Journal of Food Products Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-303

  Krystallis, Athanassios ^a   Chryssochoidis, George ^b  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

CETSCALE; Confirmatory factor analysis; Ethnocentrism; Food related COO effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449189560     PISSN: 10454446     EISSN: 15404102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10454440902942083     Document Type: Article

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