Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the editorial is to accompany this special issue on "Social marketing: social change". Design/methodology/approach: The editorial presents three invited reflections by Philip Kotler, Michael Polonsky and Gerard Hastings. It also discusses the articles in this special issue. Findings: Overall, the contributed papers demonstrate that there are many layers to social marketing. Originality/value: The articles featured in this special issue help to advance social marketing theory as well as offer valuable implications and recommendations for managers, practitioners and policymakers.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1376-1398 |
| Journal | European Journal of Marketing |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Bibliographical note
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- behaviour change
- commercial marketing
- social change
- social marketing
- wellbeing