Green products: An exploratory study on the consumer behaviour in emerging economies of the East

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 463-468

  Biswas, Aindrila ^a   Roy, Mousumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Consumption values; Environmental impact; Green products; Growing economy

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LINEAR REGRESSION; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSUMPTION VALUES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; GREEN PRODUCTS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; STANDARD STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84922503616     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.075     Document Type: Article

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