ISMS Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition

2010 Winner: Mazakazu Ishihara, University of Toronto
Winning material: “Dynamic Demand for New and Used Durable Goods without Physical Depreciation: The Case of Japanese Video Games”
2010 Winner: ; Baojun Jiang, Carnegie Mellon University
Winning material: “Strategic Analyses of User Generated Contents and Platforms”
2010 Winner: ; Pranav Jindal, University of Chicago
Winning material: “Role of Extended Warranties in Price Discrimination”

Purpose of the Award

The INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) is pleased to announce its Inaugural ISMS 2010 Competition. This dissertation proposal competition will be held annually and will recognize the best doctoral dissertation proposals on important marketing issues and subjects! Through this Call for Dissertation Proposals, we seek proposals relevant to marketing science, theory, and practice.

Past Awardees

2010 Winner Mazakazu Ishihara, University of Toronto
Baojun Jiang, Carnegie Mellon University
Pranav Jindal, University of Chicago
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Committee

V. Kumar (VK), Committee Chair
Richard and Susan Lenny Distinguished Chair Professor of Marketing,
Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Brand & Customer Management,
Director of the Ph.D. Program in Marketing
J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
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Email: vk@gsu.edu

Vithala Rao, Cornell University
Karsten Hansen, University of California- San Diego
Venkatesh Shankar, Texas A&M University

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