“Yes, but this Other One Looks Better/Works Better”: How do Consumers Respond to Trade-offs Between Sustainability and Other Valued Attributes?

Consumers are increasingly facing product evaluation and choice situations that include information about product sustainability, i.e., information about a product’s relative environmental and social impact. In many cases, consumers have to make decisions that involve a trade-off between product sus...

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Authors: Luchs, Michael G. (Author) ; Kumar, Minu (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2017
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 140, Issue: 3, Pages: 567-584
Further subjects:B Ethical consumption
B Sustainability
B Sustainable products
B Attribute trade-offs
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