Gathering information based on focus groups: Consumer’s involvement in the use of vending machines

Qualitative Report

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 19-33

  Fernandes, Telma Santos ^a   Silva, Ângela ^a   Reis, Raquel ^b   Leão, Celina P ^c  

^a Universidade Lusada de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b Business Research Unit   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Consumer involvement; Focus group; Qualitative analysis; Vending machines

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009817181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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