Impact of Product Familiarity on Beef Quality Perception

Agribusiness

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-172

  Banović, Marija ^a,b,c   Fontes, Magda Aguiar ^a   Barreira, Maria Madalena ^d   Grunert, Klaus G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^c AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

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EID: 84859828063     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.21290     Document Type: Article

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