Company environmental performance and consumer purchase intentions

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1945-1953

  Grimmer, Martin ^a   Bingham, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer attitudes; Consumer behavior; Corporate social responsibility; Green marketing; Pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878625505     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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