Michael J. Hiscox, Michael Broukhim, Claire Litwin
{"title":"Consumer Demand for Fair Trade: New Evidence from a Field Experiment Using eBay Auctions of Fresh Roasted Coffee","authors":"Michael J. Hiscox, Michael Broukhim, Claire Litwin","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1811783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1811783","url":null,"abstract":"A majority of surveyed consumers say they prefer ethically certified products, such as Fair Trade coffee, over non-certified alternatives, and are willing to pay a price premium for such products. There is no clear evidence, however, that people seek out such products and pay a premium for them when shopping. We provide new evidence on consumer behavior from an experiment conducted on eBay. We find that the Fair Trade label has a substantial positive effect on bidding for coffee. On average, shoppers paid a 23% premium for coffee labeled Fair Trade. This premium was not affected by the recent recession.","PeriodicalId":106684,"journal":{"name":"Workshop on Information Systems & Economics Meetings (WISE)","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123800609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reflections About Information Technologies and Multimethodologic Theory","authors":"M. García-Ruiz","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.876952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.876952","url":null,"abstract":"Inside management science, the organisation's analysis has been influenced by different situations that make it very complex. This document offers an interdisciplinary vision of the organisational problematic. Multimethodologic theory can help in this idea. This theory combines different methodologies belonging to different paradigm. She must assume the challenge to guarantee the quality of the data obtained in the different stages of the multimethodologic performance. Once well known multimethodologic theory, we review the relation of the company with information and the evolution that this concept has had for organisations. Finally, some reflections are offered about the combination multimethodology - information, analyzing the advantages that this last one can contribute to the multimethodologic theory.","PeriodicalId":106684,"journal":{"name":"Workshop on Information Systems & Economics Meetings (WISE)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117070971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}