Organic product avoidance: Reasons for rejection and potential buyers’ identification in a countrywide survey

British Food Journal

Volumn 104, Issue , 2002, Pages 233-260

  Fotopoulos, C ^a   Krystallis, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Agricultural Economics and Social Research Institute (IGEKE)   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Consumer behaviour; Organic food; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986038164     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700210425697     Document Type: Article

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