A multidisciplinary cognitive behavioural framework of impulse buying: A systematic review of the literature

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-356

  Xiao, Sarah Hong ^a   Nicholson, Michael ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2012.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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