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A Study of the Consumer Motives which Influence the Purchase of Organic Food in Serbia

Economic Themes
Volume 53 (2015): Issue 1 (March 2015)
By: Semir Vehapi  
Open Access
|Apr 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ethemes-2015-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2217-3668 | Journal ISSN: 0353-8648
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Language: English
Page range: 102 - 118
Submitted on: Feb 6, 2015
Accepted on: Apr 3, 2015
Published on: Apr 15, 2016
Published by: University of Niš, Faculty of Economics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
organic food,
motivation,
consumers,
the market,
Serbia
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other,
Business management,
Business management, other

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