Can Consumers Buy Responsibly? Analysis and Solutions for Market Failures

By C. Valor. 2008

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Consumer social responses to CSR initiatives versus corporate abilities (2013, background): “On the other hand, other research indicates the relationship between a company’s CSR actions and consumers’ reactions is not always direct and evident, suggesting numerous factors for the effects of a firm’s CSR activities on consumer purchase intentions (Boulstridge and Carrigan, 2000; Carrigan and”
Corporate Social Responsibility and Competitiveness within SMEs of the Fashion Industry: Evidence from Italy and France (2014, background): “In a review of studies conducted within the marketing and consumer research discipline, Valor [30] argued that consumers may not be able to support companies engaging in CSR activities, owing to the consumers’ limited power in the marketplace.”
Customer Response to Carbon Labelling of Groceries (2011, background): “Many researchers (e.g., Erskine and Collins 1997; Valor 2008; Weightman and McDonagh 2004) have reported that consumers are rarely influenced by claims of sustainability, but others have reported an increasing willingness to pay a premium for “green” products (Laroche et al. 2001; Young et al.…”