scholarly journals German Marathon Runners’ Opinions on and Willingness to Pay for Environmental Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10337
Author(s):  
Thomas Könecke ◽  
Holger Schunk ◽  
Tabea Schappel ◽  
Ine Hugaerts ◽  
Fabio Wagner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Environmental Friendliness ◽  
Marathon Runners ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Managerial Implications

Research on sustainability and/in sport and, specifically, on the ecological aspects of participatory sporting events is still very scarce despite the recognition these topics have received by actors like, for instance, the European Commission and the United Nations. Against this backdrop, this paper sheds light on a field that is virtually uncharted in academic research, which is the environmental attitudes and willingness to pay for environmental sustainability of participants in participatory sporting events in Europe. In collaboration with the organizer of the Frankfurt Marathon, a study was conducted with a specific focus on German (speaking) marathon runners. In total 1764 data sets were collected with a German (1455 respondents) and an English (309 respondents) online questionnaire. Very insightful descriptive analyses showed that the awareness for the issue of sustainability and sport is still low and that ecological initiatives only have a medium influence on the evaluation of a marathon event. Nevertheless, particularly the German-speaking respondents indicated a high willingness to pay for environmental sustainability in general and for specific measures that can enhance the environmental friendliness of a marathon event, in particular. As will be discussed in the paper, these insights have important managerial implications and are a valuable basis for further research in this evolving field.

scholarly journals Experimental and survey-based data on willingness to pay for seafood safety and environmental sustainability certification in Nigeria

Data in Brief ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 105540
Author(s):  
Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku ◽  
Nhuong Tran ◽  
Lauren Pincus ◽  
Vivian Hoffmann ◽  
Carl Johan Lagerkvist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Seafood Safety

scholarly journals The Importance of Sustainability in Diving Tourism—The Case of German Speaking Diving Tourists

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6485
Author(s):  
Alexander Hodeck ◽  
Jacqueline Tuchel ◽  
Luisa Hente ◽  
Christine von Reibnitz
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Target Group ◽  
Conjoint Measurement ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Ecological Aspects ◽  
Sports Tourism ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Group A ◽  
Sustainable Behavior

Sustainability in sports tourism has increased in recent years. Sustainability is a particular focus for diving tourism. This paper analyses the meaning of sustainability to German speaking diving tourists to draw conclusions for the development of tourism strategies. Based on a literature review on the importance of sustainability in diving tourism, an empirical study was designed to understand the importance of the topic within the target group. A total of 174 German-speaking diving tourists were surveyed using an online-questionnaire. The subjects were clustered regarding their sustainable behavior. It could be shown that there is a correlation between age as well as gender and sustainable behavior. A conjoint measurement showed that for diving tourists, ecological aspects are more important than the prize of a diving trip. The gained insights can contribute to establish new and more sustainable offers in diving tourism and thus developing this area of sports tourism more sustainably overall.

Alternative environment activities on both sides of the Atlantic: A Canada-Ireland consideration and comparison

2021 ◽  
pp. 1356336X2098588
Author(s):  
Daniel B Robinson ◽  
Nathan Hall ◽  
José da Costa ◽  
Brent Bradford
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Traditional Sports ◽  
Development Participation ◽  
Ice Water ◽  
Nova Scotian

Due to the overemphasis of traditional sports at the expense of other movement domains in physical education (PE) programmes, there is a need to consider what factors might enable or limit PE teachers’ incorporation of some of these other domains that can support student learning. The focus of this article is on one such marginalized domain – alternative environment activities (AEAs). AEAs can afford students a breadth of opportunities for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in different environments (i.e. land, snow and ice, water, air) and improve environmental awareness and stewardship. This article reports on a comparative investigation of Nova Scotian (Canadian) and Irish PE teachers’ incorporation of AEAs in their PE programmes. To understand what similarities or differences might exist with respect to these PE teachers’ incorporation of AEAs, along with existing enablers and barriers, a self-selected sample of current PE teachers (Nova Scotia = 53; Ireland = 64) completed a 22-item online questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were employed to conduct comparisons among the two data sets. PE teachers’ understandings of curricular requirements for AEAs were found to be an issue in both Nova Scotia and Ireland. Reported significant differences include: AEA-related professional development participation; most important factors for deciding not to include AEAs; and feelings of school administrative support towards AEA incorporation. Findings also suggest that various issues may be hindering incorporation of AEAs in PE programmes, and that some of these issues do differ based on where the PE programme is situated.

scholarly journals The Impact of Environmental Sustainability Labels on Willingness-to-Pay for Foods: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Discrete Choice Experiments

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2677
Author(s):  
Anastasios Bastounis ◽  
John Buckell ◽  
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce ◽  
Brian Cook ◽  
Sarah King ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Purchasing Power Parity ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Choice Experiments ◽  
Discrete Choice Experiments ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
The Impact

Food production is a major contributor to environmental damage. More environmentally sustainable foods could incur higher costs for consumers. In this review, we explore whether consumers are willing to pay (WTP) more for foods with environmental sustainability labels (‘ecolabels’). Six electronic databases were searched for experiments on consumers’ willingness to pay for ecolabelled food. Monetary values were converted to Purchasing Power Parity dollars and adjusted for country-specific inflation. Studies were meta-analysed and effect sizes with confidence intervals were calculated for the whole sample and for pre-specified subgroups defined as meat-dairy, seafood, and fruits-vegetables-nuts. Meta-regressions tested the role of label attributes and demographic characteristics on participants’ WTP. Forty-three discrete choice experiments (DCEs) with 41,777 participants were eligible for inclusion. Thirty-five DCEs (n = 35,725) had usable data for the meta-analysis. Participants were willing to pay a premium of 3.79 PPP$/kg (95%CI 2.7, 4.89, p ≤ 0.001) for ecolabelled foods. WTP was higher for organic labels compared to other labels. Women and people with lower levels of education expressed higher WTP. Ecolabels may increase consumers’ willingness to pay more for environmentally sustainable products and could be part of a strategy to encourage a transition to more sustainable diets.

scholarly journals Common and Contradictory Motivations in Buying Intentions for Green and Luxury Automobiles

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3268
Author(s):  
Farhad Aliyev ◽  
Ralf Wagner ◽  
Stefan Seuring
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Substantial Effect ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Specific Product ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Survey Results

Luxury is often blamed for creating social inequality and hampering sustainability, especially in the social and environmental realms. For instance, luxury goods entice people to conspicuous consumption that may result in showing off. However, study results show that luxury and environmental sustainability have common features. Notably, previous research mainly examined motivations for green purchases in general without relating to the specific product categories such as durables. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between these two—green and luxury automobile buying intentions—by analyzing the survey results of 1601 respondents relating to more than 60 nationalities. In contrast to a substantial effect on luxury buying intentions, perceived conspicuousness has no significant positive effect on green auto purchase intentions, and that price value has a limited influence compared with the effect on luxury automobile purchase intentions. Furthermore, hedonism has a less positive impact on green auto purchase intentions compared to its impact on luxury automobile buying intentions. The ‘extended self’ and the perception of high quality have been found to be drivers of luxury and green automobile purchase intentions, while unique value appears to have no impact on purchase intentions for green and conventional luxury automobiles. The present study contributes to the extant research by investigating common and contradictory motivations for luxury and green buying intentions of automobiles. Furthermore, it suggests a reconsideration of the traditional view that luxury and environmental consumption are inconsistent and contradictory concepts. The complementary managerial implications of this study guide practitioners in positioning the situatable variants of their automobiles as ethical luxury.

scholarly journals Understanding Online Fast Fashion Evaluative Cues Used By Generation Y and Z Consumers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilie Chan
Keyword(s):  
Generation Y ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Generational Cohorts ◽  
Online Retailing ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Fast Fashion ◽  
Shopping Behaviour ◽  
Spss Software

Fast fashion and online retailing are growing at incredible rates. Simultaneously, Generation Y and Z consumers are becoming increasingly important generational cohorts to understand due to their population size and growing spending power. This quantitative research study explores the salient apparel and key online retailing cues used during decision-making by a Canadian consumer sample of 416 individuals, from both generational cohorts, when shopping online for fast fashion. Data collected is also used to make preliminary findings on online promotional and advertising cues used by both generational cohorts. Shopping behaviour is clustered to provide actionable insight, and retailer recommendations are made based on data collected from this study. An online questionnaire survey has been used to collect data, and IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software was used to analyze all data sets.

scholarly journals The convergence of environmental sustainability and ocean cruises in two moments: in the academic research and corporate communication

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Eduardo de Almeida Ramoa ◽  
Luiz Carlos da Silva Flores ◽  
Bernd Stecker
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Environmental Initiatives ◽  
Corporate Websites ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Main Dimension

Concerns for world peace, freedom, and the future of people and the planet have led to several United Nations Conferences, generating discussions on global sustainable development. These efforts resulted in the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The proposed Goal 14 reflects the concern for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas, and marine resources. In this context, the research objects of this study are ocean cruise ships and the main dimension surveyed is environmental sustainability. Firstly, the study sought to identify through the convergence of the dimensions of sustainability and cruises the contributions to the cruise industry that promote the SDGs. To this end, we carried out a bibliometric analysis of scientific production on cruise ship environment, narrowing the research focus on environmentally sustainable practices. The second research objective is to examine cruise companies’ strategic inclination to provide information on environmental initiatives to the market. The results show little scientific research focused on the convergence of the two topics studied, environmental sustainability and cruises. Only 12 scientific articles were identified. Regarding the information on environmentally sustainable practices, the findings show that only 22.6% of the 31 cruise companies surveyed provide this information on their corporate websites.

scholarly journals ANALISIS ATP-WTP TERHADAP TARIF KRL LINTAS TANAH ABANG-RANGKASBITUNG (STUDI KASUS: STASIUN JURANG MANGU)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 597
Author(s):  
Felix Casey Ignatius ◽  
Dewi Linggasari ◽  
Hokbyan Angkat
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Green Line ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Ability To Pay ◽  
Collection Methods

Determination of public transport fares needs to be compared to the value of the Ability to Pay (ATP) and Willingness to Pay (WTP) of Kereta Rel Listrik (KRL) service users to pay a sum of money for the services received. The purpose of this study is to analyze the amount of ATP and WTP value of Green Line KRL services’ users, especially those through the Jurang Mangu Station. Primary research data collection methods through surveys with online questionnaire to respondents who have used the Green Line KRL. The research data obtained will be processed and analyzed to obtain the results of respondents’ characteristics, ATP values, and WTP values. The analysis results on the existing tariffs of KRL Green Line with a base rate of Rp. 3.000,- shows the value of ATP and WTP of Rp. 5.057,- and Rp. 4.825,-. The ATP and WTP values respectively for those going through the Jurang Mangu Station are Rp. 5.167,- and Rp. 4.875,-. The results of this study indicate that the ATP value is lower when compared to the WTP value, but this ATP value is greater than the existing tariff. This data shows that the current tariff is proportional to the service received.ABSTRAKPenetapan tarif angkutan umum perlu dibandingkan nilai Ability to Pay (ATP) dan Willingness to Pay (WTP) pengguna jasa Kereta Rel Listrik (KRL) untuk membayar sejumlah uang demi pelayanan jasa yang diterima. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis besaran nilai ATP dan WTP pengguna jasa KRL pada lintas Green Line khususnya yang melalui Stasiun Jurang Mangu. Metode pengumpulan data penelitian secara primer melalui survei dengan panduan kuesioner secara online kepada responden yang pernah menggunakan KRL Green Line. Data penelitian yang diperoleh akan diolah dan dianalisis untuk mendapatkan hasil karakteristik responden, nilai ATP, dan nilai WTP. Hasil analisis pada tarif eksisting KRL Green Line dengan tingkat tarif dasar Rp. 3.000,- didapat nilai ATP dan WTP masing-masing adalah Rp. 5.057,- dan Rp. 4.825,-. Nilai ATP dan WTP untuk yang melalui Stasiun Jurang Mangu masing-masing adalah Rp. 5.167,- dan Rp. 4.875,-. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa nilai ATP lebih rendah jika dibandingkan dengan nilai WTP, tetapi nilai ATP ini lebih besar daripada tarif eksisting. Data ini menunjukkan bahwa tarif yang berlaku saat ini sebanding dengan pelayanan yang diterima.

scholarly journals Reducing youth unemployment beyond the Youth Wage Subsidy: A study of Simtech apprentices

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mogantheran Naidoo ◽  
Muhammad E. Hoque
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Wage Subsidy ◽  
Permanent Employment ◽  
Workplace Environment ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Managerial Implications

Orientation: South Africa currently has the twin challenges of worsening youth unemployment and scarce skills that threaten its economic and social stability. Artisanal trades are an occupation category that strongly reflects this current problem. Simtech Training Institute in Durban, the study setting, currently trains artisan apprentices and facilitates their internship work placements.Research purpose: The objective of this study was to identify some of the critical success factors that differentiated Simtech artisan apprentices who obtained permanent employment, compared to those who are currently unemployed.Motivation for the study: The main motivation of the study was to improve the conversion rate of artisan apprentices to permanently employed artisans.Research design, approach and method: The study was a cross-sectional study conducted among 51 artisan apprentices who had graduated over the past 3 years at Simtech and who were selected randomly. An online questionnaire comprising primarily Likert scale type questions was utilised to obtain the responses from the sample. Factor analysis was used to remove scale items from the independent variables that did not impact the variability sufficiently. Then the remaining scale items that impacted variability significantly were combined and categorised as new composite independent variables. Logistic regression analysis identified success factors for permanent employment of Simtech graduates.Main findings: Internship or workplace environment had a statistically significant impact on permanent employment. Youth work ethic had a minor impact on permanent employment status – albeit not a statistically significant one.Practical/managerial implications: These findings showed that improving the internship/ workplace environment can reduce youth unemployment and address skills scarcity.Contribution: Internship host companies and other stakeholders need to urgently focus on improving the quality of the internship/workplace environment experienced by artisan apprentices rather than just on the intake number of artisan apprentices that the Youth Wage Subsidy has encouraged to date.

Profiling German-speaking socially responsible investors

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregor Dorfleitner ◽  
Sebastian Utz
Keyword(s):  
Categorical Data ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Investment Volume ◽  
German Speaking

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the main motives of investors in allocating their money in a socially responsible (SR) way. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on primary data collected in a survey using an online questionnaire. This paper applies tests for continuous and categorical data and (ordered) logit models. Findings – In a multivariate analysis that investigates determinants of SR investing, this study finds little influence of the demographic factors of gender and investment volume and none of educational level. Furthermore, it shows that the regions investors allocate their money to are significant along with the preference toward the order of return, risk and liquidity. Moreover, there appears to be a gap between supply and demand of SR investments. Additionally, there are indications that a very important inducement for SR investing is the expectation of a high financial performance. Originality/value – There are very few international studies concerning the link between SR investments and the explanation of preferences with factors other than demographic ones. This study broadens the scope of the literature by providing novel empirical evidence for the German-speaking market.

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