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 post online reviews, affecting the evaluation of products and services. Yet, little is known about the importance of the number of reviews for consumer decision making. we conduct an online Read More »
In order to minimize the effects of NWOM, companies have begun to make their presence known in social media by searching for and responding to comments about their brand in consumer posts through Read More »
This paper examines tourists’ knowledge sharing behavior in social media. Based on the social capital theory, we aim to identify factors influencing three dimensions of social capital (cognitive, Read More »
Subjective norms are considered the most important source of information when a consumer is making a purchasing decision (Lin, 2007). This influence seems to be important in e-tourism context. The Read More »
Although mobile-related technologies are widely accepted in today’s society, mobile payment in Virtual Social Networks (VSN) is not among the most widely used mobile services. Throughout this paper Read More »