Factors Affecting Energy-Efficient Household Products Buying Intention: Empirical Study

Alam, Syed S.; Lin, Chieh-Yu; Ahmad, Maisarah; Omar, Nor A.; Ali, Mohd H.

Factors Affecting Energy-Efficient Household Products Buying Intention: Empirical Study

Environmental and Climate Technologies

Volume 23 (2019): Issue 1 (March 2019)

By: Syed S. Alam, Chieh-Yu Lin, Maisarah Ahmad, Nor A. Omar and Mohd H. Ali

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|Jul 2019

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