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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“Eww, It Has A Face!” Anthropomorphizing Food Products Deteriorates Consumption Experience

Anthropomorphism – the attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman objects – is a popular marketing strategy used for various products (Aggarwal and McGill 2007; Epley, Waytz, and Cacioppo Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Roland Schroll
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Born To Shop? A Genetic Component Of Deal Proneness

Price discounts, cents-off coupons, and other retail sales promotions have been found capable of eliciting strong consumer enthusiasm. Research on this sales promotion enthusiasm has shown that Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Robert M. Schindler, Vishal Lala, Jeanette Taylor
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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The Psychological Impact Of Annuities: Can Pension Payout Choice Influence Health Behavior?

Across the world, a growing number of people face the important financial decision whether to take out their pension in the form of a one-time lump-sum payment or as monthly income, also referred to Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Anja Schanbacher, David Faro, Simona Botti, Shlomo Benartzi
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Product Search On Crowded Retail Shelves: Impact Of Vertical Product Location On Search Performance

In the context of FMCGs, consumers often arrive at the store with a choice of a product in mind. Their task then is to find their already chosen product among the products present at the point of Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Ana Scekic, A. Selin Atalay, Cathy Liu Yang, Peter Ebbes
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Consumers’ Journey Into Access-Based Consumption: A Narrative Analysis Approach

Consumers are increasingly shifting from traditional ownership based consumption to relatively novel access-based consumption (hereafter, ABC). Access involves transactions that are market mediated Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Swapnil Saravade, Lorena Garcia-Ramon, Jacob Almaguer, Mohammadali Zolfagharian, Hazel H. Dadanlar
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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