Consumer evaluations of product certification, geographic association and traceability in Greece

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 690-705

  Dimara, Efthalia ^a   Skuras, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Certification; Consumer behaviour; Greece; Quality; Wine and spirits

Indexed keywords

EID: 85135289108     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090560310465099     Document Type: Article

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