Social comparison and possessions: Japan vs Canada

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 72-84

  Ogden, Harold J ^a   Venkat, Ramesh ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Japan; Materiality; Social economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993027377     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13555850110764775     Document Type: Article

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