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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The High-Performance Heuristic: Developments In The Psychology Literature

Heuristics is a widely disseminated concept in marketing. Heuristic processes are usually associated with low involvement decisions and sub-cognitive choice processes. There is an almost universal Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: John Fahy, Robert Hamlin
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Consumption Is Production. Home Made Pasta In Italy: The Object, The Self, The Others

Pasta has a long tradition in many cultures: in Italy, China, the Middle and the far East ordinary people prepare pasta out of a dough made of flour and water. In given conditions they do it on a Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Ilaria Lorenzoni, Daniele Dalli
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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How The Attractiveness Of The Context Influences Perceived Product Attractiveness: The Role Of

Research has examined the determinants of product attractiveness. However, prior studies have neglected the context, in which products are presented. Drawing on social cognition theory, we examine Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Benedikt Schnurr, Alexandra Brunner-Sperdin, Nicola Stokburger-Sauer
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Phonetic Symbolism Effects On Consumer Evaluations Of Spokesperson Characteristics

This study investigates the effect of phonetic symbolism on consumer evaluations of abstract spokesperson characteristics, namely, friendliness, masculinity and attractiveness. Two between subjects Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Jasmina Ilicic, Stacey Baxter, Alicia Perkins
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Comparative Advertising’s Novelty And Persuasion Outcomes: Insights From France, United Kingdom

Considering that novelty increases information processing but decreases perceived believability as well, we conducted a cross-national study in three countries (France, UK, and USA) to examine the Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Christian Dianoux, John Ford, Jean-Luc Herrmann, Jeryl Whitelock, Dan Alex Petrovici
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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