Green Marketing: An Attitudinal and Behavioural Analysis of Indian Consumers

Global Business Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-205

  Jain, Sanjay K ^a   Kaur, Gurmeet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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EID: 84993736068     PISSN: 09721509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097215090400500203     Document Type: Article

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