Exploratory evaluation of potential and current consumers of organic cotton in Hawaii

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-506

  Lin, Shu Hwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Cotton; Ecology; Natural products; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859170329     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13555850910997553     Document Type: Article

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