The effect of environmental information on professional purchasers' preference for food products

British Food Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-260

  Biel, Anders ^a   Grankvist, Gunne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Food products; Information management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949566036     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701011029129     Document Type: Article

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