Articulating the Meanings of Collective Experiences of Ethical Consumption

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-32

  Papaoikonomou, Eleni ^a   Valverde, Mireia ^a   Ryan, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collective consumption; Consumer empowerment; Cooperatives; Ethical consumption; Ethical space; Meanings of consumption; Responsible consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866487141     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1144-y     Document Type: Article

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