UH Marketing Doctoral Symposium

The purpose of the UH Doctoral Symposium is to provide doctoral students in marketing from different universities an opportunity to discuss their current research with a group of peers prior to facing the challenges of academic life. It also provides them with an arena to meet with students and faculty from other universities and to develop professional relationships with them. To see a short video about the Symposium, click here.

25th Annual Symposium: April 13-14, 2007

Participants

Friday, April 13, 2007

4:30 p.m.

Welcoming by Sonja Prokopec and introduction of keynote speaker by Steven Brown, C.T. Bauer Professor of Marketing

4:45 - 6:15

Keynote Address
Professor Richard Bagozzi,
University of Michigan
“Emotions in Marketing”

7:00

Dinner – Michelangelos

Saturday, April 14, 2007

8:00 - 8:30

Continental Breakfast

Welcoming song We’ll Blow Lubbers Down by Singin' Jimmy Hess

8:30 - 10:00

Session I Chair: NILADRI SYAM

Hae Eun Chun ,
University of Southern California

“Affective Forecasting and Self Control”

Doug Walker,
University of Houston

“Incorporating Comeptitor Data into CRM ”

Dongling Huang,
University of Texas at Dallas

“How Advertising and Word of Mouth Work Together: Evidence from Motion Picture Industry ”

10:00 -10:15

Coffee Break

10:15 - 11:45

Session II Chair:Rupinder Jindal

Hyun Shin

University of California at Los Angeles ,
“Estimating Underlying Customer Preferences Based on Trading: Empirical Modeling and Technical Analysis of STOC Data”

Mona Srivastava

Texas A&M University

“Understanding Consumers’ Privacy Concerns”

Nita Umashankar

University of Texas at Austin

“Innovating in Services: Does the Stock Market Understand the Value of New Services?”

11:45 - 12:45

Lunch

12:45 - 2:15

Session III Chair: NOAH LIM

Shruti Saxena

Arizona State University

“Consumer Motivations in Services Co-production”

Paul M. Connell

University of Arizona

“The Role of Childhood Consumption Referents in the Self-Memory System”

James W. Sawhill

University of California at Berkeley

“Are Capital and Operating Costs Weighted Equally in Durable Goods Purchases? Evidence from the US Automobile Market”

2:15 - 2:30

Coffee Break

2:30 – 3:30

Session IV

Paul Dwyer

Texas A&M University

“Diversity of Thought in the Blogosphere and its Implications for Gaining Brand Image Insights”

Ravi Shanmugam

University of California at Berkeley

“Negative TV Advertising in Political Campaigns: Who’s Listening?”

Morgan Ward

University of Texas at Austin

“The Oprah Effect: Consumers’ Responses to Lucky vs. Unlucky Leaders

when Making Judgments about Corporate Crime”

3:30 - 4.45

Panel Discussion

Richard Bagozzi – University of Michigan

Sanjay Jain – Texas A&M University

Brian T. Ratchford – University of Texas at Dallas

Yubo Chen - University of Arizona

4:45 - 5:00

Plaque Presentation and Concluding Remarks by Dr. Ed Blair

24th Annual Symposium: April 7-8, 2006

Participants

Friday, April 7, 2006

4:30 p.m.

Welcoming song by Singin' Jimmy Hess and introduction of keynote speaker by Ed Blair, UH Marketing Department Head

4:45 - 6:15

Keynote Address
Professor Dipankar Chakravarti,
University of Colorado at Boulder
“How Flat is the World in Which Marketing Academics Live?”

Paper forthcoming in JCP, "Voices Unheard: The Consumer Psychology of Poverty and Development"

Professor Dipankar Chakravarti

7:00

Dinner – La Strada

Saturday, April 8, 2006

7:30 a.m.

Shuttle departs from Hilton Garden Inn to University of Houston

8:00 - 8:30

Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 10:00

Session I Chair:Partha Krishnamurthy

Oliver J. Rutz

Oliver J. Rutz,
University of California at Los Angeles

“From Generic to Branded: A Model of Spillover Dynamics in Paid Search Advertising”

Sonja Prokopec

Sonja Prokopec,
University of Houston

“Beating Back that Triple-Chocolate Cake: Mental Accounts as Instruments of Self-Regulation”

Dixon Ho

Dixon Ho,
University of Arizona

“How Do Low-Price Guarantees Deter Consumer Price Search? The Effects of Branded Variants and Search Costs

10:00 -10:15

Coffee Break

10:15 - 11:45

Session II Chair:Noah Lim

Min Chung Kim

Min Chung Kim,
University of Texas at Austin

“Advertising and Systematic Risk of the Firm”

Mario Capizzani

Mario Capizzani,
University of California at Berkeley

“Psychophysical Biases in the Estimation of Money”

Justin Anderson

Justin Anderson,
University of Southern California

“Entertainment Expectations: How Affective Forecasting and Regret Cause Consumers to Prefer Familiar Mediocrity Over Superior Novelty”

11:45 - 12:45

Lunch

12:45 - 2:15

Session III Chair: Jill Sundie

Maura Scott

Maura Scott,
Arizona State University

“Consumer Preference Between Price and Feature Changes”

Jun Xu

Jun (Jack) Xu,
University of Florida

“Mindset Differences and Marketing-Sales Cooperation: A Value Congruence Approach”

Gina Slejko

Gina Slejko,
University of Colorado at Boulder

“The Cognitive Processing of Unfamiliar Odors: Cue Familiarity and Congruency Effects in Alternative Sensory Modalities”

2:15 - 2:30

Coffee Break

2:30 – 3:30

Session IV Chair: Adwait Khare

Ann M. Mirabito

Ann M. Mirabito,
Texas A&M University

“Looking for a Good Doctor: Construing Quality With Credence Products”

Howard F. Dover

Howard F. Dover,
University of Texas at Dallas

“Measuring the Dynamic Asymmetric Effects of Usage within a Multiple Service Lifetime Value Model (MSCLV)”

3:30 - 4.45

Panel Discussion

4:45 - 5:00

Plaque Presentation and Concluding Remarks by Dr. Ed Blair

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