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  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,759 Views
24 Pages

29 October 2020

The aim of this paper is to identify (1) the categories in which it is easier or more difficult for local municipalities to implement green purchasing and (2) the role and extent of green purchasing policy (GPP) in promoting green purchasing. To char...

  • Review
  • Open Access
49 Citations
12,336 Views
28 Pages

Green Purchasing: Past, Present and Future

  • Saddam A. Hazaea,
  • Ebrahim Mohammed Al-Matari,
  • Khaled Zedan,
  • Saleh F. A. Khatib,
  • Jinyu Zhu and
  • Hamzeh Al Amosh

21 April 2022

In recent years, discussions on green purchasing have increased; most studies were concentrated in developed countries, with limited studies conducted in developing countries. This study aims to systematically analyze studies that have discussed gree...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
13,894 Views
18 Pages

Purchasing Intention of Products with Sustainable Packaging

  • Aline Carla Petkowicz,
  • Tatiane Pelegrini,
  • Brian William Bodah,
  • Carlos Daniel Rotini,
  • Leila Dal Moro,
  • Alcindo Neckel,
  • Caroline Pauletto Spanhol,
  • Elton Gean Araújo,
  • Jandir Pauli and
  • Giana de Vargas Mores

31 March 2024

This study investigates Brazilian consumers’ purchase intentions for sustainably packaged products, applying the theory of planned behavior enhanced with environmental concern, knowledge, willingness to pay more, and trust. Data were collected...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,176 Views
15 Pages

7 November 2022

Plant-based diets are seen as a food-based strategy to address both the impact of dietary patterns on the environment, to reduce climate change impact, and also to reduce rates of diet-related disease. This study investigated self-reported consumer p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,158 Views
10 Pages

Raw Material Purchasing Optimization Using Column Generation

  • Zhen Gao,
  • Danning Li,
  • Danni Wang and
  • Zengcai Yu

22 May 2024

The raw material purchasing (RMP) problem is to determine the purchasing quantities of raw materials in given periods or cycles. Raw material purchasing optimization is crucial for large-scale steel plants because it is closely related to the supply...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,972 Views
17 Pages

Green Intentions: Field Research and Data-Driven Analysis of Customers’ Purchasing Patterns

  • Camilla Carpinelli,
  • Einar Torfi Einarsson Reynis,
  • Anna Sigríður Islind,
  • Hlynur Stefánsson and
  • María Óskarsdóttir

10 August 2022

Sustainability and sustainable consumption have become key factors in the battle with global warming in general and environmental pollution in particular. To motivate consumers to make sustainable purchasing decisions, it is necessary to understand c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,160 Views
10 Pages

2 September 2022

As global public health events and regional conflicts have greater influence on supply chains nowadays, supplier default in procurement becomes more and more common in practice. However, there is less research on portfolio procurement purchasing deci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,314 Views
26 Pages

Municipal Green Purchasing in Mexico: Policy Adoption and Implementation Success

  • Ana R. Leal,
  • David Perez-Castillo,
  • José Ernesto Amorós and
  • Bryan W. Husted

10 October 2020

In this paper, we seek to determine what factors drive the adoption of green purchasing among municipalities in Mexico and the success of their implementation. Given the lack of research and theory in the area, this study is exploratory in nature. We...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
25,308 Views
17 Pages

26 July 2021

In this study we investigate how consumers in The Netherlands can be persuaded to adopt sustainable practices when purchasing, using and disposing of clothes. This study investigates the attitude-behavior gap for the sustainable choices for purchase,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
8,176 Views
20 Pages

Consumers’ Purchasing Intentions on the Legume Market as Evidence of Sustainable Behaviour

  • Magdalena Śmiglak-Krajewska,
  • Julia Wojciechowska-Solis and
  • Domenico Viti

23 September 2020

The purpose of this paper is to verify the knowledge that is useful for legume producers in relation to consumers’ eating habits in the field of legume products. According to experts, leguminous products have a positive effect on human health....

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,580 Views
10 Pages

Purchasing Drivers of Fresh Citrus Fruits in Urban Italy: Is It All about Taste?

  • Giuseppe Di Vita,
  • Massimiliano Borrello,
  • Riccardo Vecchio,
  • Giovanni Gulisano and
  • Mario D’Amico

2 April 2020

While the medical community supports the growth of citrus consumption as part of a healthy diet, there is limited knowledge about consumer preferences for these fruits. The current study analyzed the purchasing patterns and drivers of fresh citrus fr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,982 Views
17 Pages

Street Food and Takeaway Food Purchasing Patterns in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Sofia Sousa,
  • Inês Lança de Morais,
  • Gabriela Albuquerque,
  • Marcello Gelormini,
  • Aida Filipović-Hadžiomeragić,
  • Dragana Stojisavljevic,
  • Albertino Damasceno,
  • Pedro Moreira,
  • João Breda and
  • Patrícia Padrão
  • + 1 author

This study aimed to describe street food and takeaway food purchasing patterns in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, throughout the day and by city location. A cross-sectional evaluation of street food and takeaway food customers was conducted in 2017. All eli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
7,703 Views
16 Pages

8 June 2021

The field of green marketing and purchase behaviour has been growing in the last couple of years; consequently, there is a need to understand this behaviour among coffee consumers. Coffee is considered one of the widely consumed beverages in the worl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,586 Views
21 Pages

Water Conserving Message Influences Purchasing Decision of Consumers

  • Melinda J. Knuth,
  • Bridget K. Behe,
  • Patricia T. Huddleston,
  • Charles R. Hall,
  • R. Thomas Fernandez and
  • Hayk Khachatryan

11 December 2020

As more of the U.S. population urbanizes, freshwater resources will become more partitioned and scarcer. Live plants need water to become established and survive, but water demands vary by taxa. Additionally, outdoor household water use is becoming a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,982 Views
24 Pages

How AI-Driven Personalization Shapes Green Purchasing Behavior Among Youth in Java Island

  • Feliks Prasepta Sejahtera Surbakti,
  • Hotma Antoni Hutahaean,
  • Maria Magdalena Wahyuni Inderawati,
  • Jovan Moreno Madjid,
  • Leonard Edward Sely and
  • Yann-May Yee

28 October 2025

Sustainable consumption has become a global priority, yet the factors that encourage people to adopt environmentally friendly purchasing behavior differ across cultures and technologies. This study explores how environmental knowledge, environmental...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
13,739 Views
20 Pages

31 December 2022

With the rising concern for environmental issues, there is an ever-increasing demand for sustainable actions to minimize the damage to ecosystems. Seeking to meet such a demand, energy companies worldwide embrace green marketing solutions. This artic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,049 Views
23 Pages

12 March 2024

Promoting organic foods production and consumption contributes to accomplishing the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. Social commerce provides a promising opportunity to develop the organic food industry. However, there is limited...

  • Article
  • Open Access
153 Citations
13,649 Views
15 Pages

Investigating Young Consumers’ Purchasing Intention of Green Housing in China

  • Lin Zhang,
  • Liwen Chen,
  • Zezhou Wu,
  • Sizhen Zhang and
  • Huanbin Song

2 April 2018

The issues of energy crisis, environmental degradation, and climate change present a severe challenge to the sustainable development in China. The development of green building (GB) is considered one of the most popular strategies toward a sustainabl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
9,341 Views
17 Pages

13 May 2021

The consumption of organically produced food is gaining ground around the world due to growing consumers’ concerns for personal health. Nevertheless, researchersaddressed the intention-behavior gap pertaining to buying organic food and called for mor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
11,386 Views
17 Pages

Fostering a Clean and Sustainable Environment through Green Product Purchasing Behavior: Insights from Malaysian Consumers’ Perspective

  • Nabil Hasan Al-Kumaim,
  • Muhammad Salman Shabbir,
  • Salman Alfarisi,
  • Siti Hasnah Hassan,
  • Abdulsalam K. Alhazmi,
  • Sanil S. Hishan,
  • Samer Al-Shami,
  • Nadhmi A. Gazem,
  • Fathey Mohammed and
  • Hussein Mohammed Abu Al-Rejal

15 November 2021

Rapid economic developments have led to the excessive consumption of environmental resources. Consumption patterns play a crucial role in deteriorating environmental conditions and influencing consumers to seek sustainability features while purchasin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
9,512 Views
18 Pages

29 May 2021

Consumer environmental responsibility has been commonly considered as an antecedent to green consumption intention and eco-design purchases. However, little research has investigated how environmental concern affects the relationship between design a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
10,934 Views
18 Pages

7 December 2016

Over the last few years, the global market of organic vegetables has grown. This is due to increased consumer concern regarding environmental and health issues, especially for food products. This study aims to examine factors that influence consumer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,967 Views
22 Pages

Most people struggle to articulate the reasons why a promotional email they are exposed to influences them to make a purchase. Marketing experts and companies find it beneficial to understand these reasons, even if consumers themselves cannot express...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
73 Citations
27,393 Views
19 Pages

Green Marketing Practices Related to Key Variables of Consumer Purchasing Behavior

  • Elizabeth Emperatriz García-Salirrosas and
  • Rafael Fernando Rondon-Eusebio

11 July 2022

This systematic review research has two objectives: (a) to identify Green Marketing (GM) practices related to the key variables of consumer purchasing behavior, and (b) to present a model for the generation of sustainable value by companies based on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,479 Views
19 Pages

The Influence of the Characteristics of Online Itinerary on Purchasing Behavior

  • Qian Jin,
  • Hui Hu,
  • Xiaozhi Su and
  • Alastair M. Morrison

6 September 2021

This study presents insights into the influence of the characteristics of tourism itineraries on tourist purchasing behavior. We adopted data between 1 August 2019 and 30 November 2019 from the Qunar, the biggest online tourism platform in China and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
15,578 Views
17 Pages

5 August 2022

This study was an investigation into the effect of selected artificial intelligence tools and the consideration set on the end-user purchasing intentions of convenient and shopping products of Saudi Arabian customers. The consideration set was the fa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,278 Views
16 Pages

18 August 2022

Green product companies usually convey product performance in either ambiguous or precise ways. Many studies have been conducted on the ambiguous and precise information presentation of traditional products, but few have examined which kind of inform...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
9,179 Views
20 Pages

15 December 2022

This study uses innovation resistance theory (IRT) to investigate why consumers are hesitant to purchase zero-waste products. Most of the existing IRT application studies have been conducted on innovation resistance to technology or devices. This stu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,219 Views
17 Pages

Femvertising is increasingly being used by brands to showcase their values and attract consumers, especially in the fashion industry. Previous studies mainly focused on its impact on female consumers, while the perceptions and responses of male consu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
10,273 Views
19 Pages

14 March 2024

In the context of sustainable transition, the factors that impact the decision to purchase electric vehicles (EVs) have garnered significant interest. However, existing research predominantly concentrates on the promotional factors while disregarding...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,427 Views
25 Pages

As a new form of poverty governance, government officials’ livestreaming e-commerce of agricultural and sideline products has been booming since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in 2019. However, exploring the determinants of...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,126 Views
2 Pages

The Impact of Adolescents’ Food Purchasing on Overall Dietary Quality Differs by Socioeconomic Status

  • Sarah Shaw,
  • Sarah Crozier,
  • Cyrus Cooper,
  • Dianna Smith,
  • Mary Barker and
  • Christina Vogel

During adolescence, many young people commence making more independent food purchases. Subsequently, these independent food choices will increasingly contribute to their overall diet quality; little is known, however, about this relationship. This st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
6,722 Views
14 Pages

Generation Y’s Sustainable Purchasing Intention of Green Personal Care Products

  • Massoud Moslehpour,
  • Panita Chaiyapruk,
  • Sahand Faez and
  • Wing-Keung Wong

3 December 2021

Global warming and depletion of the environment are more than a hunch; they are irrefutable facts. While caring for the environment seemed like a luxurious hobby twenty years ago, it has become a crucial necessity these days. However, the sustainable...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
10,930 Views
18 Pages

4 March 2022

Promoting ecological consumption is gradually becoming a social consensus. A crucial point of ecological consumption is consumers’ willingness to purchase eco-friendly products, which has become an important consideration for government policym...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,071 Views
13 Pages

The aim of this paper is to report on the lunchtime food purchasing practices of secondary school students and some of the factors related to this purchasing, including the influence of socio-economic status (SES) and the food environment within and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,780 Views
13 Pages

Determinants of Purchasing Sustainably Produced Wines by Italian Wine Consumers

  • Jeff Gow,
  • Daniel Moscovici,
  • Rezwanul Rana,
  • Azzurra Rinaldi,
  • Adeline Alonso Ugaglia,
  • Lionel Valenzuela,
  • Radu Mihailescu and
  • Rezwanul Haque

24 September 2024

The purpose of this paper is to determine which factors influence the willingness of Italian wine consumers to purchase and pay a premium for sustainably produced wine. Data from 522 Italian consumers were collected using an online convenience sampli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,504 Views
26 Pages

The Determinants of Green Purchasing in the Hospitality Sector: A Study on the Mediation Effect of LOHAS Orientation

  • Edin Güçlü Sözer,
  • Mustafa Emre Civelek,
  • Adnan Veysel Ertemel and
  • Mustafa Çağrı Pehlivanoğlu

3 December 2024

The objective of this study was to identify the determinants of personal norm and to measure the effect of personal norm on green purchasing behavior as well as a possible mediating role of consumer LOHAS orientation in the effect of personal norm on...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,672 Views
2 Pages

Mobile marketing is a multi-channel digital promotional activity to reach the target audience through their mobile devices. Mobile marketing has great potential due to the large number of users that can be covered. The subject of this article is the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,450 Views
24 Pages

Environmental Regulations, Green Marketing, and Consumers’ Green Product Purchasing Intention: Evidence from China

  • Xiaohuan Li,
  • Chenggang Wang,
  • Dongrong Li,
  • Dongxue Yang,
  • Fan Meng and
  • Yuan Huang

17 October 2024

With the strengthening of social environmental regulations, consumers’ green products purchasing intention is also increasing significantly. Simultaneously, green marketing activities have developed into a vital factor affecting consumers&rsquo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
75 Citations
17,063 Views
19 Pages

Consumer Empowerment in the Digital Economy: Availing Sustainable Purchasing Decisions

  • Patrizia Gazzola,
  • Gianluca Colombo,
  • Roberta Pezzetti and
  • Luminița Nicolescu

27 April 2017

The advent of the digital economy and, implicitly, of competition in the online marketplace has triggered new challenges in terms of consumer protection approaches. Online, consumer skills are expected to be improved and the level of consumer awarene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
980 Views
21 Pages

15 November 2025

Advertising images constitute an important factor influencing consumer purchase intentions in commercial settings. Drawing on the perspective of self-conscious emotions, this study examines the impact of advertising image types for fresh agricultural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,237 Views
20 Pages

25 August 2024

Promoting environmentally friendly behaviors is a pivotal strategy in addressing the climate crisis. The food industry’s impact on pollution and resource consumption underscores the importance of fostering eco-sustainable food consumption, whic...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,078 Views
24 Pages

26 October 2021

Much attention has been given to how we can make consumption more responsible—better for the planet and society. However, research on the associations between consumer purchasing behavior and their psychological concern for health, the environment an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,447 Views
12 Pages

This study, based on the AISAS model, explores the impact of the interaction effect between visual and auditory signals on consumer purchase behavior. Using experimental methods, 120 participants were randomly assigned to four different visual and au...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,752 Views
16 Pages

Using an Integrated Social Cognition Model to Explain Green Purchasing Behavior among Adolescents

  • Amir H. Pakpour,
  • Cheng-Kuan Lin,
  • Mahdi Safdari,
  • Chung-Ying Lin,
  • Shun-Hua Chen and
  • Kyra Hamilton

Strengthening pro-environmental behaviors such as green purchasing behavior is important for environmental sustainability. An integrated social cognition model which incorporates constructs from habit theory, health action process approach (HAPA), an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
7,255 Views
12 Pages

Consumers in the Circular Economy: A Path Analysis of the Underlying Factors of Purchasing Behaviour

  • Andrea Szilagyi,
  • Lucian-Ionel Cioca,
  • Laura Bacali,
  • Elena-Simina Lakatos and
  • Andreea-Loredana Birgovan

One of the major obstacles to the adoption of the circular economy is the lack of consumer interest and awareness. Despite this, the unique role of consumers in the circular economy is an understudied topic, as the literature tends to focus rather on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,733 Views
19 Pages

The driving range and replenishment problem of electric vehicles have become the main contradictions that interfere with consumers’ purchasing decisions. To alleviate these problems, battery-swap technology has been introduced into the public v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
8,761 Views
14 Pages

29 April 2021

Consumers’ eating habits have changed significantly due to the anxiety and boredom from the reported cases and deaths of COVID-19, the change in work patterns, controlled food shopping, and the inability to meet loved ones during the lockdown. The ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,234 Views
24 Pages

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Purchasing, Food Packaging, and Food Wastage

  • Yui-yip Lau,
  • Christelle Not,
  • Gaurika Pant and
  • Mark Ching-Pong Poo

8 August 2024

Despite the negative impacts caused by the drawn-out COVID-19 pandemic on the usual way of life and health of billions around the world, the pandemic’s particular disruption of Hong Kong’s supply chain was revealed to have impacted food p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,965 Views
22 Pages

Factors Influencing Wine Purchasing by Generation Y and Older Cohorts on the Serbian Wine Market

  • Ivan Balenović,
  • Svetlana Ignjatijević,
  • Goran Stojanović,
  • Jelena Vapa Tankosić,
  • Nemanja Lekić,
  • Olivera Milutinović,
  • Aleksandar Gajić,
  • Miloš Ivaniš,
  • Jelena Bošković and
  • Ljubica Duđak
  • + 2 authors

27 October 2021

This research investigates current preferences in wine purchase patterns and factors that affect the online purchase of wine by Generation Y and older cohorts in the Republic of Serbia. Our research utilizes descriptive statistics, chi-squared tests,...

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