African Journal of
Marketing Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Mark. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2421
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMM
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 159

Full Length Research Paper

Factors influencing consumers’ choice of street-foods and fast-foods in China

Haimanot B. Atinkut
  • Haimanot B. Atinkut
  • College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070 Wuhan, China.
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Yan Tingwu
  • Yan Tingwu
  • College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070 Wuhan, China.
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Bekele Gebisa
  • Bekele Gebisa
  • College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070 Wuhan, China.
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Shengze Qin
  • Shengze Qin
  • College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070 Wuhan, China.
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Kidane Assefa
  • Kidane Assefa
  • College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070 Wuhan, China.
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Biruk Yazie
  • Biruk Yazie
  • College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Bahir Dar University, 79 Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
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Taye Melese
  • Taye Melese
  • College of Agriculture and Rural Transformation, University of Gondar, 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
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Solomon Tadesse
  • Solomon Tadesse
  • Department of Marketing Management, Woliso Campus, Ambo University, 19, Ambo, Ethiopia.
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Tadie Mirie
  • Tadie Mirie
  • College of Agriculture and Rural Transformation, University of Gondar, 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 16 May 2018
  •  Accepted: 04 October 2018
  •  Published: 30 November 2018

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