An exploratory study of environmental attitudes and the willingness to pay for environmental certification in Mexico

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 891-899

  Husted, Bryan W ^a   Russo, Michael V ^b   Meza, Carlos E Basurto ^c   Tilleman, Suzanne G ^d  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Environmental attitudes; Mexico; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894245175     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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