To buy or not to buy a "counterfeit" Ralph Lauren polo shirt: The role of lawfulness and legality toward purchasing counterfeits

Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-80

  Phau, Ian ^a   Sequeira, Marishka ^a   Dix, Steve ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Consumer behaviour; Counterfeiting; Premier brands

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052745132     PISSN: 17574323     EISSN: 17574331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17574320910942187     Document Type: Article

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