Green marketing the case of greece in certified and sustainably managed timber products

EuroMed Journal of Business

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-190

  Papadopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Karagouni, Glykeria ^a   Trigkas, Marios ^a   Platogianni, Evanthia ^a  

^a Technological and Educational Institute of Larissa   (Greece)

Author keywords

Forests; Greece; Green marketing; Market research; Timber

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054928444     PISSN: 14502194     EISSN: 1758888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14502191011065491     Document Type: Article

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