Competition
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Reports
Manufacturer’s Entry in the Product-Sharing Market
Sep 6, 2018 Baojun Jiang, Lin Tian, and Yifan Xu, 2018, 18-125-09When should manufacturers respond to peer-to-peer product sharing with their own direct rental services? This game-theoretic model captures some key trade-offs for firms.
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Videos
The Shopping Revolution: How Successful Retailers Win Customers in an Era of Endless Disruption
Aug 09, 2018Barbara Kahn, University of Pennsylvania
We are just witnessing the start of the radical changes in retail that will revolutionize shopping in every way. In this webinar, Barbara Kahn will examine the companies that have been most successful during this wave of change, and offers fresh insights into what we can learn from their ascendance.
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Reports
Discrimination in Service
Jul 31, 2018 Kalinda Ukanwa and Roland T. Rust, 2018, 18-121-07Providing differential service based on a customer’s group identity may seem profitable in the short term, but agent-based modeling shows that this damages service demand and profits over time. Because of strong word-of-mouth effects, consumers can learn from each other which firms are unlikely to provide favorable service conditions to them, and can switch their preferences to competitive alternatives.
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Presentations
Battle of the Brand Fans: Brand Attack and Defense on Social Media
Apr 26, 2018 Koen Pauwels, Northeastern UniversityKoen Pauwels will present his research in the social media domain, with a focus on what marketers should be listening for and how they can take action based on that information.
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Videos
Liars! Detecting Fictitious Product Reviews via a Combination of Automatic Text Analysis and Experiments
Dec 13, 2017Webinar featuring Ann Kronrod, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Fraudulent user-generated content is harmful for both consumers and marketers and increases uncertainty about consumption experiences and offerings.
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