Thought leaders and emerging scholars from around the world gathered at the University of Missouri for an enriching two days of collaborative learning and innovation. The inaugural Marketing Strategy Consortium brought together 44 fellows representing six countries, as well as doctoral faculty and researchers from leading universities from across North America and Europe.

Dr. Sonja Gensler ist gemeinsam mit ihren Ko-Autoren Prof. Scott Neslin (Dartmouth) und Prof. Peter Verhoef (Groningen) für ihren Artikel „The Showrooming Phenomenon: It’s More than Just About Price“ mit dem Best Paper Award der Zeitschrift Journal of Interactive Marketing ausgezeichnet worden. Die Preisverleihung fand im Rahmen der Interactive Marketing Research Conference am 24. März 2018 in Amsterdam statt.

The next episode of our new video format MCM Spotlight is "live"!  In more or less (but rather more) 100 seconds, our interview partners share their fresh perspectives with a large audience of marketing students, scholars, and managers.

The Direct Selling Educational Foundation (DSEF) has set up a new program “Ask the Experts” in which experts are interviewed on topics that relate to direct selling as distribution channel. The purpose of DSEF’s Ask the Experts videos is to demystify as well as mainstream the channel to both the public and key audiences (academics and students). In addition, member companies of the Direct Selling Association may also find these videos useful in countering critics. Professor Krafft who has been recently appointed as DSEF Fellow participated in this new initiative and talks about e.g.

On November 9th and 10th, Dr. Thorsten Henig-Thurau and Dr. Ann-Kristin Kupfer attended the 19^th Mallen Economics of Filmed Entertainment Conference in New York City. The prestigious event, which combines scientific presentations and discussions with industry guests, was held in cooperation by the New York University, Yeshiva University and Yale University. Dr. Ann-Kristin Kupfer presented scholarly insights on the management of complex brand portfolios, using the case of the Marvel universe.  

Für ihr Dissertationsprojekt “Mobile In-Store Advertising: Understanding the Trade-off between Personalization Benefits and Privacy Concerns” wurde Mirja Bues mit dem Jean-Charles Chebat Best Retail Proposal Award im Rahmen der 2017 SMA Doctoral Dissertation Competition ausgezeichnet. Der Preis wurde auf der Society of Marketing Advances-Konferenz Anfang November in Louisville, Kentucky, verliehen. Frau Bues zeigt in ihrer Studie, dass die Effektivität personalisierter mobiler Werbung von der Informationsart, die zur Personalisierung verwendet wird, abhängig ist.