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.
Consumers are frequently exposed to death-related information (e.g., news about terrorist attacks, natural disasters), which may make their mortality salient (MS; Greenberg et al. 1990). Yet, the Read More »
Firms and research have recognized the importance of investigating what makes WOM persuasive (e.g., Homburg, Ehm, and Artz 2015; Rosario et al. 2016). In particular, several studies have suggested Read More »
Marketers are naturally interested in biasing purchase decision in their favor. This can either be achieved bottom-up, biasing the choice between different alternatives, or top-down, influencing the Read More »
Narrative transportation is the sensation of being physically relocated (“transported”) into a story (Green and Brock 2000). Narrative transportation is posited to robustly and positively affect Read More »
Consider two individuals contemplating the purchase of a new laptop computer. Both are interested in the same specific brand and model. While one individual comes across a product review stating that Read More »