Marketing scholars such as Kotler and Rothschild emphasize that, because “you can't sell brotherhood like soap,” there is a need for research that will generate and test social marketing strategies. By drawing on social dilemma theory, the authors identify the barriers to prosocial behavior and the means for overcoming those barriers. Both general propositions and specific marketing strategies are discussed.
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