Consumer reactions to the adoption of green reverse logistics

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 417-434

  Hazen, Benjamin T ^a   Wu, Yun ^a   Cegielski, Casey G ^a   Jones Farmer, L Allison ^a   Hall, Dianne J ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion of innovation; green logistics; resource advantage; reverse logistics; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864001471     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593969.2012.690777     Document Type: Article

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