Influences of product attributes on sojourners' food purchase decisions

British Food Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 251-271

  Tirelli, Christian ^a   Martínez Ruiz, María Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision buying process; Food products; International university students; Sojourners

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893492375     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-01-2012-0019     Document Type: Article

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