Factors Driving Consumer Restaurant Choice: An Exploratory Study From the Southeastern United States

Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 547-567

  Duarte Alonso, Abel ^a,b   O'neill, Martin ^c   Liu, Yi ^d   O'shea, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alabama; consumers; critical factors; decision; importance; restaurants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879662078     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 19368631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368623.2012.671562     Document Type: Article

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