Cultural influences on motives for organic food consumption

EuroMed Journal of Business

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-199

  First, Ivana ^a   Brozina, Staša ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b Pretti Ltd   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Croatia; Food; Health foods; National cultures; Organic foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955193059     PISSN: 14502194     EISSN: 1758888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14502190910976538     Document Type: Article

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