El consumidor verde: estudio de segmentación de clases latentes

Autores/as

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35290/re.v4n3.2023.822

Palabras clave:

equilibrio ecológico, educación del consumidor, medio ambiente, desarrollo sostenible

Resumen

El presente artículo tiene como objetivo identificar las diferentes características del consumidor verde mediante la segmentación de clases latentes. Para aquello se realizó un estudio empírico con una muestra por conveniencia de 523 consumidores ecuatorianos millennials y centennials; la segmentación fue ejecutada mediante el software Latent Gold v6, que permitió comparar y agrupar las características en común del comportamiento del consumidor ecológico. Al identificarse cuatro diferentes clústeres, este estudio respalda el hecho de que no todos los consumidores ecológicos poseen el mismo perfil y patrones de comportamiento con respecto a productos verdes. Estos resultados son interesantes para que los gestores de marketing ecológico desarrollen productos y diseñen estrategias de acuerdo a las necesidades y al comportamiento de cada segmento.

Biografía del autor/a

Fernanda Elizabeth Alonso Torres, Universidad Técnica de Machala, Ecuador

Ecuadorian nationality, native of the city of Machala and student of the last semester of the Marketing career at the Technical University of Machala, with leadership skills, creativity and understanding in advertising design, market research and marketing management.

Cristina Belén Neira Quezada, Universidad Técnica de Machala, Ecuador

Ecuadorian, born in the city of Machala, studying the last semester of the Marketing career at the Technical University of Machala, with knowledge in advertising design and creation, learning vision and management in the Marketing field.

María Fernanda Villavicencio Rodas, Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Ecuador

Director of the Marketing Career at the Catholic University of Cuenca, 10 years of experience in Marketing Teaching, author of several scientific articles and PhD candidate in Marketing at the University of Valencia, Spain.

Irene María Feijoó Jaramillo, Universidad Técnica de Machala, Ecuador

Professor at the Technical University of Machala, Marketing career. Master in Management of Educational and Social Projects. Leadership Specialist. Author of scientific articles, books and chapters of the Marketing Specialization and others

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2023-10-10

Cómo citar

Alonso Torres, F. E., Neira Quezada, C. B., Villavicencio Rodas, M. F., & Feijoó Jaramillo, I. M. (2023). El consumidor verde: estudio de segmentación de clases latentes. REVISTA ERUDITUS, 4(3), 9–24. https://doi.org/10.35290/re.v4n3.2023.822

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