The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on November 18, 2009). Thesis advisor: Dr. Glenn Leshner Includes bibliographical references.

Ecolabelling is concept that means eco-labeling, and even here in the Czech Republic, with it becoming more and more. The main task of eco-labeling is to draw attention to the products or services that are environmentally friendly to the environment. This is done mainly through certified brands. In the Czech Republic there is a large number, the most famous is Environmentally friendly product. Thesis acquaints with selected ecological brands. Recently, there is a large development of environmental labeling react to that company and try to regulate their production in the right direction. Ecolabelling is a green marketing tool, whose main objective is to achieve efficiency organic way. Therefore, companies create green strategy that attracted customers and build such an ecological image. The main objective is to introduce ecolabelling, a comparison of selected Czech, European and global eco-label. It is also important to highlight the abuse of so-called eco-labeling. Greenwashing.

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Hospitality Management / Kristin Malek / Kevin R. Roberts / This experimental study explores how different marketing tactics, such as advertising types, message appeals, and social norms, influence attitude toward the advertisement, attitude toward the convention, and pro-environmental intention. This research has three objectives: to determine how message types in green advertising affect attitudes and intentions, to examine how message appeals in green advertising affect attitudes and intentions, and to investigate the role of social norms in green advertising in the formation of those attitudes and intentions. To examine the effects of message type, message appeals, and social norms on convention attendees’ behavioral intentions toward such a convention, a 2 (message type) x 2 (message appeals) x 2 (social norms) experimental design was adopted. This was chosen given its recognized ability to clarify associative relationships by enhancing internal validity and the robustness of findings. Several hypotheses were tested with a sample of convention attendees from the United States using Amazon Mechanical Turk. Specific findings from this study include that fact that green marketing messages combining verbal claims and visual claims were significantly more effective than messages using verbal claims only. Additionally, messages with emotional appeals were significantly more effective than ones with rational appeals and messages with injunctive norm claims were significantly more effective than ones with descriptive norm claims. As the first study of its kind to empirically investigate the use of green advertising in the context of conventions, this research involved several novel applications of various theories and a conceptual model. This study utilizes research from several disciplines whose examples can inform green marketing strategies in the convention industry. At the end, the researcher discusses the possible implications of its own findings for the convention industry in addition to its segment in the broader hospitality industry in the United States.

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Syfte & forskningsfråga: Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att utreda och analysera hur olika faktorer kan påverka efterfrågan och försäljning av elbilen. Syftet är också att identifiera förutsättningar för elbilens framtid och betydelse inom bilsektorn. Uppsatsens forskningsfråga formulerades utifrån uppsatsens syfte och frågan är följande: Vad krävs för att elbilen ska nå ut till en bredare målgrupp i framtiden? Metod: Vår uppsats är baserad på en kvalitativ forskningsmetod för att vi ska få en djupare förståelse kring det valda forskningsområdet. Vi har strävat efter en induktiv ansats i studien men vi är medvetna om att vi har deduktiva inslag, vilket har bidragit till att uppsatsen har en abduktiv karaktär. Vi valde att ta med respondenter med olika positioner från både bilföretag, bilmagasin samt en intresseorganisation för att få en mer bredare syn på forskningsområdet. Sammanlagt har vi sju respondenter samt två fokusgrupper som har bidragit med information till det empiriska materialet i uppsatsen. Slutsatser: I vårt avslutande kapitel besvarar vi våra delsyften som vi har i studien samt vår forskningsfråga om vad som krävs för att elbilen ska nå ut till en bredare marknad i framtiden. Vi anser att elbilen har goda förutsättningar till att utvecklas ännu mer samt spridas till fler kundsegment. Vi har genom vår teoretiska och empiriska analys identifierat att statliga incitament och förmåner, en ökad medvetenhet bland kunderna samt en sänkning av priset är de främsta faktorerna som kan bidra till en utökning av elbilen på marknaden.

by Au Tsang Pui, Wong Kin Hong, Joseph. / Includes questionnaire in Chinese. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [29-32] (2nd gp.)). / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.i / abstract --- p.ii / table of contents --- p.iii / Chapter --- p.1 / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / The Concept of Marketing --- p.1 / Green Movement --- p.2 / Green Marketing --- p.3 / Marketers' Response --- p.4 / Consumers' Response --- p.5 / Objective of Study --- p.7 / Scope of analysis --- p.8 / Objectives --- p.9 / Chapter II. --- literature review --- p.12 / Conjoint Analysis --- p.13 / Introduction --- p.13 / Comparison with Other Multiattribute Models --- p.14 / Alternative Approaches to Measuring Preference Structures --- p.15 / Conjoint Analysis in Detail --- p.16 / Commercial Use of Conjoint Analysis --- p.19 / Stimulus Set Construction --- p.20 / Limitations and Unsolved Problems --- p.21 / Values --- p.23 / Introduction --- p.23 / Relationship of Values with Environmental Behaviour --- p.25 / Chapter III. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.27 / Research Design --- p.27 / Secondary Data Research --- p.27 / Primary Data Research --- p.28 / Chapter IV. --- RESULTS --- p.45 / Part II --- p.45 / Quantitative Results --- p.45 / Part III --- p.47 / Quantitative Results --- p.47 / Analytical Results --- p.48 / Chapter V. --- DISCUSSION AND INTERPRETATION --- p.49 / All Respondents --- p.49 / Green Consumer Segments --- p.51 / Demographic Effect --- p.54 / Effect of Age --- p.54 / Effect of Education --- p.55 / Effect of Households Monthly Income --- p.56 / Relationship Between Demographic and Environmental Values and Attitudes --- p.56 / Conclusion --- p.57 / Implication --- p.60 / Limitation --- p.61 / APPENDIX / BIBLIOGRAPHY

by Kwok Chi Ming Derek. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-79). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.vii / Chapter / Chapter I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Background --- p.1 / Statement of the Problem --- p.2 / Research Objectives --- p.4 / Chapter II --- RELATED LITERATURE --- p.5 / Early Literature --- p.5 / Recent Literature --- p.7 / Consumer Attitudes Literature --- p.9 / Chapter III --- METHODOLOGY --- p.14 / Data Collection Method --- p.14 / Research Design --- p.15 / Sampling --- p.16 / Fieldwork --- p.18 / Chapter IV --- FINDINGS --- p.19 / Sample Characteristics --- p.19 / General Attitudes Towards Environmental Issues --- p.22 / General Attitudes Towards Environmental Issues by Demographics --- p.27 / General Attitudes towards Green Products --- p.31 / General Attitudes towards Green Products by Demographics --- p.33 / Ratings towards the Two Selected Products --- p.36 / Attitudes towards Green Products by Attitudes towards the Issues --- p.41 / Attitudes towards Green Products by Ratings towards the Two Selected Products --- p.44 / Chapter V --- SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS --- p.48 / Summary of Findings --- p.48 / Implications for Marketers --- p.53 / APPENDIX / Chapter 1 --- A List of Some Commonly Used Terms Used in Connection with Green Products --- p.54 / Chapter 2 --- """Green"" Segments in the United States" --- p.57 / Chapter 3 --- English Version of the Questionnaire --- p.61 / Chapter 4 --- Chinese Version of the Questionnaire --- p.69 / Chapter 5 --- Sample Selection --- p.73 / Chapter 6 --- Fieldworkers' Instructions --- p.74 / Chapter 7 --- Results of Dialing Attempts --- p.76 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.77

Title: Implementation of Green Marketing Strategy inChina - A Study of the Green Food Industry Research Aim: Our research aim is to explore factors which influence Chinese consumers’ behavior, analyze marketing strategies of company we interviewed according to four Ps of conventional marketing mix, and finally put forward our own opinions about how green food companies use four Ps of conventional marketing mix to implement green marketing strategy in green food industry in China. Methodology: This thesis studies green marketing of green food industry inChina from two aspects, consumers and company we interviewed by conducting a mixed methods research. Quantitative and qualitative data are simultaneously from consumers and company though questionnaires and interviews survey respectively. Conclusion: Based on the analysis on Chinese consumers and the empirical materials collected from our interview with a green food company we draw some implications on how to implement green marketing strategy in the industry of green food inChina. As the factors which influence Chinese consumers’ behavior and characteristics between green agricultural products and green processed food are different, green marketing strategies of the two kinds of products should be implemented by different ways.

The adoption of Green Marketing within the Swedish forest industry has raised questions as to why there has been an increase in implementation of the concept, and what the results have showed. After conducting eight semi-structured qualitative interviews with companies involved with forestry in Sweden, this paper has been able to showcase an in-depth analysis. The companies interviewed include a forest owner, five forestry companies, a packaging company, and a lobby initiative in Sweden. This has allowed the research to explore different perspectives in the forest industry. The answers derived from the interviews were for the most part in correlation to each other, and highlighted the similar ways to approaching Green Marketing within the Swedish forest industry. Public concern, governmental regulations, and opportunity to form strong relationships were all seen as reasonings behind the usage of Green Marketing. The Swedish forest industry has done very well in avoiding many Green Marketing mistakes, and has also showcased a strong effort in following what is known as the ‘Golden Rules of Green Marketing’.

In recent years, the aspects of sustainability and environmental friendliness have taken on an increasingly large role in our society and due to climate change and scarcity of resources, green technologies are growing. As the consequence, this ongoing trend has affected the business environment. Companies need to adapt their strategies to a sustainable manner and take advantage of the potential opportunities generated by this change. Considering the impact and importance of Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the global business environment and economic development, this paper has therefore addressed the question of how SMEs can gain a competitive advantage by implementing a green marketing strategy and how far possible advantages can be used for the internationalization of these companies. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducted with five German and Swedish case companies to investigate to what extent they are implementing a green marketing strategy, if they have reached any competitive advantages generated by this strategy, and whether these competitive advantages have contributed to a smoother internationalization process. To answer these questions, the case companies are positioned on the green marketing matrix proposed by Ginsberg and Bloom (2004) which is the basic concept for analyzing the respective strategy, then case studies’ attitudes regarding the aspect of sustainability, competitive advantages raised from implementing a green marketing strategy and their potential impacts on internationalization process are analyzed. According to the empirical findings, the case studies have registered a tremendous change in customers' behavior regarding green behaviors in society, which emphasizes the need to implement a green business strategy. Particularly, applying a green marketing strategy enables companies to achieve several competitive advantages which help them develop an optimal position against competitors and even exploit them in their internationalization process.