Green Luxury: New Divide in Positioning Strategies Needed?

dc.date.accessioned2021-08-12T15:42:34Z
dc.date.available2021-08-12T15:42:34Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionProceedings der Konfrenz "STRATEGICA - International Academic Conference - Fifth Edition : Shift. Major Challenges of Today’s Economy" in , vom 28-30 September 2017 in Bucharest, Romania,eng
dc.identifierdoi:10.17170/kobra-202107024224
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13101
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherNational University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), Faculty of Management
dc.publisherTritonic
dc.publisher.placeBucharest
dc.rightsNamensnennung 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectdominance statuseng
dc.subjectexperimentseng
dc.subjectluxury productseng
dc.subjectprestige statuseng
dc.subjectsustainable productseng
dc.subject.ddc330
dc.subject.swdLuxusgutger
dc.subject.swdNachhaltigkeitger
dc.subject.swdKonsumgütermarktger
dc.subject.swdMarketingkonzeptger
dc.subject.swdPrestigeger
dc.subject.swdKaufverhaltenger
dc.titleGreen Luxury: New Divide in Positioning Strategies Needed?eng
dc.typeKonferenzveröffentlichung
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dcterms.abstractA basic and commonly shared implicit definition of luxury is “something superfluous.” Consuming such products and services contradicts the modern paradigm of sustainable consumption. However, luxury vendors are frequently introducing new technologies and better working conditions on a large scale, including natural colors and fair treatment of labor in the fashion industry, as well as fully electric-fueled cars, which Tesla has been producing. Previous research suggests that luxury and sustainability are incompatible. The values underlying sustainability are altruism, restraint, and moderation, whereas the main components of luxury are hedonism, aestheticism, uniqueness, affluence, and surplus. The motives of luxury consumers are likely to vary with their cultural framing. Compared with individualists, members of collectivistic cultures have been known to behave more prosocially. However, they are also more prone to buying luxury goods to enhance their status. This study examines whether the motives of dominance or prestige status encourage individuals from collectivistic societies to choose more luxurious or sustainable products, respectively. This study provides evidence from more than 200 experiments with collectivists and individualists, and it introduces distinctiveness between dominance- and prestige-seeking behaviors via underlying status motives in prosocial or luxury-product choices that previous research has not differentiated. Our results underline the association of status motives with individualistic and collectivistic cultures. Previous research shows that ethical issues are not considered in luxury-buying decisions, even though many luxury companies have developed corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs and offer new sustainable luxury products. Additionally, they increasingly inform the public about their prosocial activities. This is most likely the result of the positioning of conspicuousness that negatively influences purchase intentions of sustainable luxury products. Therefore, avoiding conspicuous strategies in marketing is one of the managerial implications of this study.eng
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
dcterms.creatorAliyev, Farhad
dcterms.creatorWagner, Ralf
dcterms.source.collectionSTRATEGICA : Shift. Major Challenges of Today’s Economy : International Academic Conference – Fifth Edition – Bucharest, Romania, September 28-30, 2017eng
dcterms.source.editorPînzaru, Florina
dcterms.source.editorZbuchea, Alexandra
dcterms.source.editorBrătianu, Constantin
dcterms.source.editorVătămănescu, Elena-Mădălina
dcterms.source.editorMitan, Andreea
dcterms.source.identifiereisbn:978-606-749-269-9
dcterms.source.identifierissn:2392–702X
dcterms.source.pageinfo585-594
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