Consumer purchase decisions of organic food products: An ethnic analysis

Journal of International Consumer Marketing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-58

  Quah, Su Huey ^a   Tan, Andrew K G ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Logit analysis; Malaysia; Organic food; Purchase decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951442420     PISSN: 08961530     EISSN: 15287068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08961530902844949     Document Type: Article

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