Taking a cue from the business world: What the public sector could learn about influencing behavior
What's the best way to convince a 40-year-old to stop smoking? Tell him that he'll get lung cancer and die? Not necessarily.
Hispanics seen as key players in expanding Diamondbacks fan base
The Boston Red Sox played Oakland in Japan this week — an unusual opening day for Major League Baseball.
Customer experience: A journey, not a moment
Wick’s against-the-grain and often counterintuitive transformation of American Home Shield’s customer service model resulted in an approach focused on the end-to-end customer journey.
Best Western revisited: On the inside of brand modification
With more than 4,000 hotels worldwide, chances are good that you'll sleep at a Best Western sometime this year. When you book your room, however, you'll have more information about your lodging than you did in the past.
How people decide: Lab explores consumer behavior
At the W. P. Carey School's Behavioral Research Lab, marketing faculty conduct research on consumer behavior as it applies to such areas as product selection and consumption — how and why people make decisions about what to buy and eat.
Andrea Morales and the art of academic mentorship
Andrea Morales is the recipient of the 2013 Erin Anderson Award, which recognizes outstanding female marketing scholars and the contributions they make by nurturing other women who want to launch academic careers.
Brand spanking news: Buying and selling brands can pump up stock prices
Corporations may strut their synergies and crow about cost savings in acquisition announcements, but does buying a company really create shareholder value? Generally not — but what happens when company A buys brand X from company B?
Harvesting habits: How marketers can use purchasing cycles to increase sales
Even those who love a certain food — such as yogurt or frankfurters — often turn on their favorites and do not purchase the products for periods of time.
Business to go: Marketing and small business
Douglas Olsen, associate professor of marketing, is teaching the marketing module of the 2012 Small Business Leadership Academy, presented by the W. P. Carey School's Center for Executive and Professional Development.
Moving from products to services: The six big challenges
Product companies are looking to services as a way of increasing profitability and leveling out the revenue cycle. But marketing Professor Stephen Brown with the W. P. Carey Scho0ol’s Center for Services Leadership, says that companies who attempt the shift must navigate through a continuum.