What motivates consumers to buy organic food: Comparison of Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, and Slovenia

Journal of Food Products Marketing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-292

  Cerjak, Marija ^a   Mesić, Željka ^a   Kopić, Marko ^a   Kovačić, Damir ^a   Markovina, Jerko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Consumers; Motivation; Organic food; Satisfaction; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954092697     PISSN: 10454446     EISSN: 15404102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10454446.2010.484745     Document Type: Article

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