E-commerce retail of extra virgin olive oil: An hedonic analysis of Italian Smes supply

British Food Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1600-1617

  Carlucci, Domenico ^a   De Gennaro, Bernardo ^a   Roselli, Luigi ^a   Seccia, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Country of origin; Distribution channels; EC; Home shopping; Oil; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924388814     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-05-2013-0138     Document Type: Article

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