Current study puts light on the role of brand equity, hedonic consumption tendencies, and advertisement on cognitive dissonance. Impulse Buying plays the role of a mediator in the study. Purpose of this study is to examine how brand equity, hedonic consumptions, and advertisement affect cognitive dissonance of the customers. Analyses of a sample of 370 customers, drawn from different outlets of famous fashion clothes in Multan city, revealed attention-grabbing findings. A mediation analysis was conducted through regression analysis in the study. Hedonic consumption tendencies and advertisement were found significant in predicting cognitive dissonance while brand equity was found having an insignificant relation with cognitive dissonance where impulse buying found significant in predicting cognitive dissonance being having positive relation. Further to this, impact of brand equity, advertisement and hedonic consumption tendencies found directly related to impulse purchase. Product category wise examination of current model adds new directions and findings in the future. Prior studies on purchase intentions have mainly focused on simple models at any given time. However, researchers increasingly argue that a complex representation may give better understanding of customers’ purchase intentions. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is one of the first empirical studies to address a complex structure of the proposed variables.

This study’s objective is to develop a model of sustainable entrepreneurial behavior, integrating individual and cultural perspectives, to understand and promote sustainable entrepreneurial intentions effectively. This article discusses the impact of financial and non-financial motivations (namely, spiritual and moral obligations) on sustainable entrepreneurial intentions. It explores how individual differences and cultural influences serve as moderators in the relationships between financial/non-financial motives and sustainable entrepreneurial intentions. The article provides a rationale for these proposed connections. The study gathered data from 772 individuals who are currently involved in entrepreneurial activities or are business owners in a developing country, who used a self-administered questionnaire. Results indicate that moral and spiritual obligations positively and significantly influence sustainable entrepreneurial intentions, both directly and in a moderated manner. Moral obligation emerges as the most robust predictor, while spiritual obligation demonstrates the strongest moderated impact. Additionally, financial motives prove to be significant predictors of sustainable entrepreneurial intentions. These findings offer valuable insights for marketers and governmental bodies, which may contribute to informed decision-making in the future.