The impact of environmental protection and hedonistic values on organic wine purchases in the US

International Journal of Wine Business Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-67

  Olsen, Janeen ^a   Thach, Liz ^a   Hemphill, Liz ^b  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Environmental protection; Hedonism; Organic wine; United States of America; Wines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986169861     PISSN: 17511062     EISSN: 17511070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511061211213783     Document Type: Article

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