Purchasing behaviours and perceptions of environmentally harmful products

Marketing Intelligence & Planning

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 356-362

  Yam Tang, Esther P y ^a   Chan, Ricky Y k ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Education; Environment; Green issues; Green marketing; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132524     PISSN: 02634503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02634509810237532     Document Type: Article

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