Consumer behaviour towards honey products in Western Australia

British Food Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 285-297

  Batt, Peter J ^a   Liu, Aijun ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Australia; Cluster analysis; Consumer behaviour; Honey; Market segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856402559     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701211202449     Document Type: Article

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