Potential Vietnamese consumers' perceptions of organic foods

British Food Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 529-543

  Truong, Thien T ^a   Yap, Matthew H T ^a   Ineson, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a Institut Htelier César Ritz   (Switzerland)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organic foods; Potential consumers; Quantitative research; Sales and marketing; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859499351     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701211219540     Document Type: Article

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