scholarly journals The Shadow of the Consumer: Analyzing the Importance of Consumers to the Uptake and Sophistication of Ratings, Certifications, and Eco-Labels

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Bullock ◽  
Hamish van der Ven
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Purchasing Decisions ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Individual Consumer ◽  
Causal Mechanisms ◽  
Consumer Agency

Why has the market uptake and sophistication of information-based environmental governance (IBEG) programs like eco-labeling increased despite mixed signals on the willingness and ability of individual consumers to support such programs? We argue that the extant literature on IBEG focuses too narrowly on individual consumer purchasing decisions to the exclusion of other mechanisms through which consumers, both as individuals and as an imagined collective, exert influence. As a corrective, we present a novel conceptual framework that highlights the different causal mechanisms through which consumers contribute to the uptake and sophistication of IBEG. We call our framework “the shadow of the consumer” since it suggests a more latent and indirect role for consumers than voting-with-one’s-wallet. Our analysis adds nuance and complexity to accounts of consumer agency vis-à-vis environmental ratings, standards, certifications, and eco-labels and helps explain the proliferation and growing sophistication of such programs despite the variability of individual consumer support.

Towards a Conceptual Framework for The Study of Shifts in Modes of Environmental Governance - Experiences From The Netherlands

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter P. J. Driessen ◽  
Carel Dieperink ◽  
Frank Laerhoven ◽  
Hens A. C. Runhaar ◽  
Walter J. V. Vermeulen
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Environmental Governance

A conceptual framework of cool for social marketing

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khondker Galib B. Mohiuddin ◽  
Ross Gordon ◽  
Christopher Magee ◽  
Jeong Kyu Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
The Social ◽  
Comprehensive Search

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework of cool for social marketing through a comprehensive literature review and integrating extant literature on cool. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive search and review of extant literature across social marketing, business disciplines, arts, psychology, social sciences and humanities was undertaken to develop an understanding of cool and its relevance to social marketing. The review permitted developing a comprehensive set of characteristics that are associated with cool. Findings A conceptual framework of cool organised according to the following dimensions is presented and discussed: deviating from norm, self-expressive, indicative of maturity, subversive, pro-social, evasive, and attractive. Originality/value This paper advances theoretical knowledge in the social marketing domain by offering a conceptual framework of cool, and by suggesting a set of guidelines to develop cool social marketing programs.

scholarly journals Demographics and Turnover Intentions: Can there be Any Link?

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Mustajab Ahmed Soomro
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Employee Turnover ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Critical Insight ◽  
Employee Turnover Intentions

Employee turnover intentions is referred amongst some of the most important areas of focus of employees since the past two decades. Therein, much of the studies have remained focused on a variety of different individual and organizational elements to understand what potentially predict employee turnover intentions and how to manage it. In comparison, little is known pertaining to the demographic factors and their relationship with employee turnover intentions. Through appraising extant literature on demographic factors such as age, gender, marital status and education, the present study offers a critical insight to researchers to understand the potential of these factors in predicting turnover intentions. The article offers unique scholarly presentation of prior studies indicating the prominence of demographic factors and their role in predicting several entities and how they could be of similar vitality when it comes to employee turnover intentions. The article offers critical insight on the topic followed by prepositions and conceptual framework.

Through the Lens of Accountability: Analyzing Legitimacy in Environmental Governance

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon Kraft ◽  
Steven Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
New Hampshire ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Empirical Assessment ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Governance Arrangements

Environmental governance implies creation of novel interdependencies among actors and actions, and this innovation and diversity presents challenges. One of these challenges is the maintenance of legitimacy. To understand processes of legitimation at the level of individual organizations and at the level of the larger assemblages represented by governance arrangements, we develop a conceptual framework that analyzes accountability relationships. Within this framework, we use artifacts of accountability, material representations of accountability relationships, to understand the creation, maintenance, and erosion of legitimacy. We study the creation and administration of a multifunctional forested landscape in New Hampshire, USA. Empirical assessment of the varied institutional logics that structure and contribute to legitimacy in this material and organizational landscape allows us to advance understanding of persistence, change, and failure of environmental governance arrangements.

scholarly journals The dynamics of entry for digital platforms in two-sided markets: a multi-case study

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jørgen Veisdal
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Case Discussion ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Technology Firms ◽  
Entry Strategies ◽  
Temporal Factors ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Two Sided Markets

Abstract Motivating buyers and sellers to join an empty platform is thought to be a key challenge for firms attempting to launch digital platforms in two-sided markets. According to predictions from extant literature, ’no one joins until everyone joins’. The phenomenon is often referred to as the “chicken-and-egg problem”. This study investigates the phenomenon in an exploratory multi-case study of ten startup technology firms operating digital platforms in two-sided markets. The study finds that the firms entered their markets using a variety of strategies distinguishable by strategic, relational and temporal factors. A conceptual framework is proposed which distinguishes the firms’ strategies along these dimensions. In addition, a cross-case discussion of the dynamics of the firms’ strategies is provided. Deductively, the findings contribute to establishing an empirical grounding for predictions from extant literature. Inductively, the findings contribute preliminary managerial implications as well as propositions for further research on entry strategies for digital platforms in two-sided markets.

Examining Sponsorship’s Effectiveness Over the Internet: A Conceptual Framework for Researchers and Practitioners

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 2050027
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Koronios ◽  
Panagiotis Dimitropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Purchasing Decisions ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Sport Event ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Sponsorship Effectiveness

The aim of this research is to examine sport sponsorship’s effectiveness over the internet. A conceptual framework for sponsorship evaluation over the internet was proposed, incorporating crucial factors such as supporters’ beliefs about sponsorship, their satisfaction form the sport event as well as their degree of sport involvement, the usage of website and social media, awareness of and attitude toward real sponsoring firms and their actual and future purchase intentions concerning sponsors’ goods and services. A quantitative method was used for the purpose of the current research and a total of 3434 questionnaires were successfully completed and analyzed. The empirical results indicated that sponsorship awareness impacts positively and significantly in both actual and intended purchase behavior of the respondents, suggesting that sponsorship awareness is the initial stage of a continuum of fans’ responses that can lead to their purchase intentions and actual purchase. Evidence on this study contributes to the ongoing debate about sponsorship effectiveness and its implication on customer behavior and provides significant implications for managers wishing to improve their future revenues by investing in sponsorship deals, since sponsorship awareness is an important feature that managers must control in order to affect their customers purchasing decisions.

The structural power of business: taking structure, agency and ideas seriously

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 577-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Marsh ◽  
Sadiya Akram ◽  
Holly Birkett
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Structural Power ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Critical Consideration

The power of business is a very important issue for understanding the operation of democracy, but establishing the nature and extent of its power is not easy. We acknowledge that this is, in large part, an empirical problem and requires a more sophisticated conceptual framework to address it. Attempting to address this, the recent literature on the power of business has increasingly focused on the role of structure, agents and ideas. However, too little attention has been paid to how these concepts are defined and conceptualized. We argue that it is crucial to: specify the structures (economic/political/social) which we see as affecting the role of business; identify the agents, collective and individual, involved and how they interact; and specify which ideas are playing a role, at what level of generality and how these different ideas at different levels of generality interact. This article explores these issues through a critical consideration of the extant literature in order to provide a more developed framework for future empirical analysis.

scholarly journals A Framework for Information Technology Auditing in Corporate Digital Operations

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 3058-3061
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Embryonic Growth ◽  
Initial Framework

This paper provides a conceptual framework for auditing in digital operations. It aims to create and position digital auditing framework as a pragmatic lens for organisations in the embryonic, growth and established stage of digitalisation. The paper applies a conceptual approach by engaging in a brief conceptual review, thereafter, relying on extant literature and professional documents, the paper creates a maiden framework for digital auditing, which contributes to the literature on information technology auditing. Accordingly, this paper provides a digital auditing framework for professionals, academics, and researchers; in addition, it provides an agenda for further research to develop this initial framework by adding more encompassing nodes of digital auditing technological imperatives.

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