Ethical Brand Journal

Welcome to the first iteration of the eb™ Journal. At this stage, it contains over one thousand academic papers and other research that have been produced over several decades by over two thousand authors from around the world. The vast majority are selected because they use terms such as ethical brand and ethical branding to characterise settings and outcomes in many different techno-industrial consumption contexts that concern the social, economic and environmental well-being of humanity.

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Emerging Market (Sub)Systems And Consumption Field Refinement

The purpose of this paper is two-fold: firstly we introduce a (tentative) theoretical framework to conceptualize the development of market systems on a mid-range (or meso-) level; secondly, we spell Read More »

Date: 10/2013
Author: Sofia Ulver, Jon Bertilsson, Marcus Klasson, Carys Egan-Wyer, Ulf Johansson
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Postmodern Cultural Complexities: The Two Worlds On Cuba Street

This paper presents a Design Research project investigating the cultural worlds found on Cuba Street in Wellington, New Zealand. The work demonstrates that the known culture of Cuba in the geographic Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Sharon Schembri, Matthew Ellingsen
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Turning To Brands When Close Others Turn Away: The Hydraulic Relation Between Social Support And

The findings of the four studies showed that social support was inversely influence individual’s brand choice that low social support should predict more brand reliance, particularly for those who Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Lili Wang, Steven Shepherd, Tanya L. Chartrand
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Using Bibliometrics To Evaluate The Journal Of Consumer Research: Suggested Future Consumer

The academic discipline of consumer research continues to develop and grow. Many recent trends offer to enrich and enliven the field in almost endless ways, and a renewed sense of the field’s scope Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Brian R. Chabowski, Charles M. Wood, G. Tomas M. Hult
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Cognition, Culture And Consumption In The Afterlife

Consumer behavior theory is grounded in the here and now, yet consumers may be influenced by beliefs concerning the hereafter. How might our theories be altered, if consumer projections of the Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Elizabeth Hirschman, Russell Belk, Ayalla Ruvio
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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