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Debabrata (Debu) Talukdar

Office: 234B, Jacobs Management Center School of Management State University of New Y ork at Buffalo Buffalo, New York 14260 Ph. (716) 645 3243; Fax (716) 645 3499 e-mail: [email protected]

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RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

My primary research and teaching interests lie with quantitative modeling and empirical analyses of business strategy as well as public policy issues related to the provision of both "private" and “public” goods to consumers. The substantive areas of my current research include retail market dynamics, consumer and firm behaviors under information uncertainty, impact of the internet on such behaviors, new product diffusion process, sustainable development and the environment, and urban poverty issues. My research works have been presented and published in various international conferences and leading journals in the areas of economic development and business management like the World Development, Urban Studies, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Retailing, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, and Management Science. They continue to be widely cited in leading international journals by other scholars from a wide spectrum of academic areas like economics and public policy, marketing, management science, computer information system, law, and public health. They have been also cited in various international, national and local media outlets like The Wall Street Journal, AP News, U.S. News & World Report, ABC News, Businessweek, Forbes, Huffington Post, The Conversation, The Atlantic, Encyclopedia Britannica, and Buffalo News.

EDUCATION • Ph.D. (Business Administration) University of Rochester Concentrations: Marketing and Applied Economics Thesis Title: “Consumer Behaviors under Information Uncertainty: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses” • M.S. (International Development & Regional Planning)* Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concentrations: Economic Development & Environmental Policies * Based on courses taken at both MIT and Harvard University • M.S. (Operations Research) University of Rochester • B.S. (Mechanical Engineering) Jadavpur University (India)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• School of Management, State University of New York at Buffalo Professor (2010 – Present) Associate Professor (2005 – 2010) Professor (1998 – 2005)

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS • Development Economics Research Group Economist The World Bank (Washington D.C.) (1996 - 1998) • Tribeni Tissues Division, ITC Ltd, India Junior Marketing Executive (Indian su bsidiary o f B.A.T. Industries p.l.c., UK) (1985 - 1989)

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SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS

• "Sustained Research Achievement Award," Exceptional Scholars Program, Office of the President, University at Buffalo (2012). • Co-Winner of the 2012 Davidson Award by the Journal of Retailing for the best research article (2012). • “Faculty in Leadership Fellowship”, University at Buffalo (2011-12). • “Civic Engagement Research Fellowship”, University at Buffalo (2010-11). • Inaugural “Dean’s Faculty Research Fellowship Award”, School of Management, University at Buffalo (2009). • “Individual Professional Development Grant”, University a t Buffalo (e ach y ear between 2005-2013). • “Summer Research Grant”, School of Management, University at Buffalo (each year since 2001). • “Supplementary Small Research Grant”, School of Management, University at Buffalo (2003; 2004; 2007; each year

between 2009-15). • Nominated for “Graduate Teaching Award”, Graduate Student Management Association, School of Management, University at Buffalo (2003). • "Young In vestigator Achievement Award," Exceptional Scholars Program, Office o f the P resident, University a t Buffalo (2002). • “Outstanding Graduate Thesis” Award, Planning School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA ( 1997). • “Graduate Fellowship”, Planning School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (1995-1997). • “Graduate Fellowship”, Simon School of Business, University of Rochester, USA ( 1989-94). • “Overseas Higher Studies Scholarship”, Tribeni Tissues Division, ITC L td., India (1989-92). • “University Merit Fellowship”, Jadavpur University, India (1982-84)—graduated First Class Honors (equivalent of “Summa Cum Laude ”), ranked 3rd out of 126 students in the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate program. • “National Merit Scholarship”, Government of India (1978) – placed 56th out of 100,000+ students at state level

examination.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Institute fo r Operations Research a nd M anagement Sciences (INFORMS) • Beta Gamma Sigma (International Honor Society for Business School Graduates)

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

A. Reviewer Activities • For Academic Journals:

o Associate Editor, Journal of Retailing (Since 2 019) o Editorial Review Board Member, Marketing Science (Since 01/2016) o Ad-hoc reviewer for World Development, Review of Economic Studies, Academy of Management

Learning & Education, Journal of Business Ethics, Marketing Science, Management Science, Journal


of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, Journal for the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Retailing, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Marketing Letters, Review of Marketing Science, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Journal of Marketing Management, Small Business Economics Journal, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Journal of Electronic Markets, Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing, Review of Industrial Organization, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Journal of Consumer Affairs, Social Science Quarterly, Environmental and Resource Economics.

• For Institutions (Research Grant Proposals; selected P&T cases) and Conferences (Paper Submissions): National Science Foundation (USA); Israel Science F oundation; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; The World Bank; CUNY Baruch College; American Marketing Association’s Annual Conferences; Erasmus University, Monash University, Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta.

B. Consulting and Adjunct Faculty Activities

• Research Consultant (ad-hoc) to the World Bank, Washington, D.C. (Since 2000) • One of the primary investigators at the UB Marketing Department’s Center for Relationship Marketing

(CRM), focused o n sc anner data a nalyses based in sights in th e g rocery su permarket industry ( Since 2001) • Adjunct Faculty Member, Marketing Department, Calcutta Business School, India (2008-2019) • Adjunct Faculty Member, Statistics Department, Texas A&M University (2009-10) • Senior Research Associate, Infrastructure & Poverty A ction L aboratory, Columbia University (2005-09) • Adjunct Faculty Member, Marketing Department, University of Maryland, (Spring, 1998)

RESEARCH SUPERVISIONS A. Doctoral Student Guidance Activities

1. Chair of Doctoral Dissertation Committees • Dinesh Gauri, Marketing Dept., University at Buffalo (2007) – Placed at Syracuse University. • Amresh Kumar, Marketing Dept., University at Buffalo (2007) – Placed at Susquehanna University. • Vijay Hariharan, Marketing Dept., University at Buffalo (2010) – Placed at Erasmus University. • Satheesh Seenivasan, Marketing Dept., University at Buffalo (2011) – Placed at Monash University.

2. Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committees

• Aykut Kahraman, Industrial Engineering Dept., University at Buffalo (2006). • Satyaki Ghosh Dastidar, Industrial Engineering D ept., University a t Buffalo (2 007). • Brian Hartman, Statistics Dept., Texas A&M University (2010). • Amruth Sivalenka, Industrial Engineering D ept., University a t Buffalo (2010). • Esther Kang, Marketing Dept., University at Buffalo (2015). • Jungim M un, Marketing Dept., University at Buffalo (2015). • Jessica Dorismond, Industrial Engineering D ept., University at Buffalo (2018). • Payal Trivedi, Marketing Dept., Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, India (2019).

3. External Reader to Doctoral Dissertation Committees

• Jay Neelakantan, Industrial Engineering D ept., University a t Buffalo (2005). • Andrew Olewnik, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dept., University at Buffalo (2005). • Botao Yang, Marketing Dept., Rotman School of Mgmt., University of Toronto (2009). • Aziz Michel Naim, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dept., University at Buffalo (2 017).

4. Chair/Member of “PhD Second Year Research Paper” Committees

• Dinesh Gauri, Marketing Dept., University at Buffalo (Chair, 2004). • Amresh Kumar, Marketing Dept., University at Buffalo (Member, 2004). • Vijay Hariharan, Marketing Dept., University at Buffalo (Chair, 2008). • Satheesh Seenivasan, Marketing Dept., University at Buffalo (Chair, 2009).

5. Awards/Recognitions

Following awards were received by three of my PhD students at national competitions for their dissertation proposals under my primary supervision:


• 2005 Levy and Weitz Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition, sponsored by the Miller Center for Retailing E ducation and R esearch at the U niversity o f Florida: PhD student recipient – Dinesh Gauri. Our proposal was selected to receive an “honorable mention award” (There is one m ain award and two honorable mentions).

• 2006 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition in Pricing, sponsored by the Fordham University

Pricing Center: PhD student recipient – Dinesh Gauri. Our proposal was selected to receive the top award.

• 2009 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition in New Product Issues, sponsored by the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), USA: PhD student recipient – Vijay Hariharan; our proposal was selected to receive the top award.

• 2010 Clayton Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition in Marketing Science, sponsored by the

Marketing Science Institute (MSI), USA: PhD student recipient – Satheeshkumar Seenivasan ; our proposal was selected to receive the runners-up award.

B. Graduate & Undergraduate Student & Visiting Scholar Guidance Activities • Faculty Adviser for Masters Thesis: (1) Andrew Olewnik, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dept.,

University at Buffalo (2002); (2) Tung-King See, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dept., University at Buffalo (2003).

• Faculty Adviser for Undergraduate Honors Thesis: (1) Samir Topiwala, Management, University at Buffalo (2004); (2) Bao Nguyen Le, Management, University at Buffalo (2005); (3) Jeremy Campbell, Management, University at Buffalo (2006).

• Faculty Mentor for Undergraduate Student Research Projects: Guided several undergraduate students

who won university wide recognition awards at the “Celebration of Academic Excellence”, University at Buffalo – (1) Jeremy Campbell (2006); (2) Nam Le (2007, 2008); (3) Xiang Gao (2009); (4) Fang Xun Ong (2010); (5) Jinsoo Yeo (2011).

• Faculty Advisor for Visiting Faculty & Student Scholars to UB-SOM: (1) Igor Gorlatov (faculty from

Belarus) under Fulbright Scholarship Program, April-June, 2011; (2) Xingnian Huang (faculty from China) under Chinese Government Scholarship Program, 2012-13; (3) Chen Guoping (faculty from China) under Chinese Government Scholarship Program, 2013-14; (4) Zhe Li (PhD student from China) under Chinese Government Scholarship Program, 2016-18; (5) Payal Trivedi (PhD student from India) under Foreign Immersion Program, Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, 2018.

ACADEMIC RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS A. Articles in Refereed Journals 45] Talukdar D, S. Seenivasan S, A.J. Cameron and G. Sacks(2020), “ The association between national income

and adult obesity prevalence: Empirical insights into temporal patterns and moderators of the association using 40 years of data across 147 countries,” PLOS ONE , Vol. 15(5): e0232236, 17 p.

44] Talukdar, D. (2018), “Cost of being a slum dweller in Nairobi: Living under dismal conditions but still paying a housing rent premium,” World Development, Vol.109, 42-56. 43] Gulyani, S., D Talukdar and E. M. Bassett (2018), “A sharing economy? Unpacking demand and living conditions in the urban housing market in Kenya,” World Development, Vol.109, 57-72. 42] Hariharan, V. G., K. K. Desai, D. Talukdar and J. J. Inman (2018), “Shopper marketing moderators of the

brand equity–behavioral loyalty relationship,” Journal of Business Research, Vol. 85, 91-104. 41] Gauri, D., B. Ratchford, J. Pancras and D. Talukdar (2017) “An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Promotional Discounts on Store Performance,” Journal of Retailing, Vol. 93 (3), 283-303.


40] Iriyama, A., R. Kishore and D. Talukdar (2016) “Playing dirty or building capability? Corruption and HR training a s competitive a ctions to th reats from informal and foreign firm rivals,” Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 37(10), 2152-2173. 39] Seenivasan, S. and D. Talukdar (2016) “Competitive Effects of Wal-Mart Supercenter Entry: Moderating Roles of Category and Brand Characteristics,” Journal of Retailing, Vol. 92(2), 218-225. 38] Seenivasan, S., K. Sudhir and D. Talukdar (2016), “Do Store Brands Aid Store Loyalty?,” Management Science , Vol. 62(1), 802-816.. 37] Gauri, D. K.; T. R. Harmon-Kizer and D. Talukdar (2016), “Antecedents and Outcomes of Market Mavenism: Insights Based o n Survey and Purchase Data,” Journal of Business Research, Vol. 69(3), 1053-1060. 36] Hariharan, V. G., D. Talukdar and C. Kwon (2015), “Optimal Targeting of Advertisement for New Products with Multiple Consumer Segments,” International Journal of Research in Marketing, Vol. 32(3), 263-271. 35] Sudhir, K. and D. Talukdar (2015), “The ‘Peter Pan Syndrome’ in Emerging Markets: The

Productivity-Transparency Tradeoff in IT Adoption,” Marketing Science, Vol. 34(4), 500-521. 34] Hariharan, V. G., R. Bezawada and D. Talukdar (2015), “Aggregate Impacts of Different Types of Brand Development Strategies,” Management Science. Vol. 61(5), 1164-182. 33] Talukdar, D. (2015), “Research Productivity Patterns in the Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Literature,” International Journal of Human R esource M anagement, Vol. 26(4), 467-484. 32] Gulyani, S., E. Bassett and D. Talukdar (2014), “A Tale of Two Cities: A Multi-Dimensional Portrait of Poverty and Living Conditions in the Slums of Nairobi and Dakar,” Habitat International, Vol. 43(July), 98-107. 31] Blocker, C. P., Ruth, J. A., Sridharan. S., Beckwith, C., Ekici, A., Goudie-Hutton, M., Rosa, J. A., Saatcioglu, B.,

Talukdar, D., Trujillo, C., and R. Varman (2013), “Understanding Poverty and Promoting Poverty Alleviation through Transformative Consumer Research,” Journal of Business Research , Vol. 66(8), 1195-1202.

30] Pancras, J., D. Gauri and D. Talukdar (2013), “Loss Leaders and Cross-Category Retailer Pass-Throughs: A Bayesian Multilevel Analysis”, Journal of Retailing, Vol. 89(2), 140-157. 29] Talukdar, D. and C. Lindsey (2013), “To Buy or Not to Buy: Consumers’ Demand Response Patterns for Healthy versus Unhealthy Foods,” Journal of Marketing, Vol. 77(2), 124-138. 28] Shultz, C. J., R. Deshpande, T. B. Cornwell, A. Ekici, P. Kothandaraman, M. Peterson, S. Shapiro, D. Talukdar and A. Veeck (2012) “Marketing and Public Policy: Transformative Research in Developing Markets,” Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, Vol. 31(2), 178-184. 27] Hartman, B. M., B. K. Mallick and D. Talukdar (2012), “Investigating International New Product Diffusion Speed: A Semiparametric A pproach,” Annals of Applied Statistics, Vol. 6(2), 625-651. 26] Murray, C., A. Gosavi and D. Talukdar (2012), “The Multi-Product Price-Setting Newsvendor with Resource Capacity Constraints,” International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 138(1), 148-158. 25] Gulyani, S., E. Bassett and D. Talukdar (2012), “Informal Housing M arkets: Living C onditions, Rents, and Their Determinants in the Slums of Nairobi and Dakar,” Land Economics, Vol. 88(2), 251-274.


24] Hariharan, V. G., R. Bezawada and D. Talukdar (2012), “Trial, Repeat Purchase and Spillover Effects of Cobranded Extensions,” Journal of Product & Brand Management, Vol. 21(2), 76-88. 23] Blocker, C. P., Ruth, J. A., Sridharan. S., Beckwith, C., Ekici, A., Goudie-Hutton, M., Rosa, J. A., Saatcioglu, B., Talukdar, D., Trujillo, C., and Varman, R. (2011), “Applying a Transformative Consumer Research Lens to U nderstanding a nd Alleviating P overty,” Journal of Research for Consumers, Vol. 19, Issue 9 ,

article #7(online journal). 22] Talukdar, D., V. G. Hariharan and C. Boo (2011), “Empirical Regularity in Academic Research Productivity Patterns in Marketing,” International Journal of Research in Marketing, 28(3), 248-257. 21] Talukdar, D. and D. Gauri (2011), “Home Internet Access and Usage in the USA: Trends in the Socio-Economic Digital Divide,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 28(Feb.), 85-98. 20] Talukdar, D. (2011), “Patterns of Research Productivity in the Business Ethics Literature: Insights from

Analyses of Bibliometric Distributions,” Journal of Business Ethics, 98(1), 137-151. 19] Gulyani, S. and D. Talukdar (2010), “Inside In formality: The Links between Poverty, Microenterprises, and Living Conditions in Nairobi’s Slums,” World Development, 38(12), 1710-1726. 18] Talukdar, D., D. Gauri and D. Grewal (2010), “An Empirical Analysis of the Extreme Cherry Picking

Behavior of Consumers in the Frequently Purchased Goods Market,” Journal of Retailing, 86(4), 336-354. [Co-Winner of the 2012 Davidson Award by the Journal of Retailing for the best research a rticle]

17] Murray, C., D. Talukdar and A. Gosavi (2010), “Joint Optimization of Product Price, Display Orientation and Shelf-Space Allocation in Retail Category Management,” Journal of Retailing, Vol. 86(2), 125-136. 16] Gulyani, S. and D. Talukdar (2008), “Slum Real Estate: The Low-Quality High-Price Puzzle in Nairobi’s

Slum R ental Market and Its Implications for Theory and Practice,” World Development, Vol. 36(10), 1916-1937.

15] Talukdar, D. (2008) “Cost of Being Poor: Retail Price and Consumer Price Search Difference across

Inner-City and Suburban Neighborhoods,” Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 35(3), 457-471. 14] Gauri, D. K., K. Sudhir and D. Talukdar (2008), “The Temporal and Spatial Dimensions of Price Search:

Insights from Matching H ousehold S urvey a nd P urchase D ata,” Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 45(2), 226-240.

13] Ratchford, B. T., D. Talukdar and M.S. Lee (2007) “The Impact of the Internet on Consumers’ Use of Information S ervices for A utomobiles,” Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 34(1), 111-120. 12] Ratchford, B. T., M. S. Lee and D. Talukdar (2006), “Consumers’ Use of the Internet in Search for

Automobiles,” Review of Marketing Research, Vol. 2, 81-108. 11] Basuroy, S, K. K. Desai and D. Talukdar (2006), “An Empirical Investigation of Signaling in the Motion

Picture Industry,” Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 43(2), 287-295. 10] Gulyani, S., D. Talukdar and R. M. Kariuki (2005), “Universal (Non)Service? Water Markets, Household

Demand and the Poor in Urban Kenya,” Urban Studies, Vol. 42 (8), 1247-1274. 9] Talukdar, D., S. Gulyani and L. F. Salmen (2005), “Customer-Orientation in the Context of Socio-Economic

Development Projects: Insights from the World Bank,” Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, Vol. 24 (1), 100-111.


8] Dholakia, U. and D. Talukdar (2004), “How Social Influence Affects Consumption Trends in Emerging Markets: An Empirical Investigation of the Consumption Convergence Hypothesis,” Psychology and Marketing, Vol. 21 (10), 775-797.

7] Sudhir, K. and D. Talukdar (2004) “Does Store Brand Patronage Improve Store Patronage?” Review of

Industrial Organization, Vol. 24 (2), 143-160. 6] Desai, K. K. and D. Talukdar (2003), “Overall Store Price Image: The Interactive Influence of Product

Consumption Span, Unit Product Price, and Shopping Basket Size,” Psychology and Marketing, Vol. 20 (10), 903-933.

5] Ratchford, B. T., M. S. Lee and D. Talukdar (2003), “The Impact of the Internet on Information Search for

Automobiles,” Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 40 (2), 193-209. [Also re printed in the peer-reviewed o n-line journal Review of Marketing Science, Vol. 1(2)]

4] Talukdar, D., K. Sudhir and A. Ainslie (2002), “Investigating New P roduct Diffusion across Products and

Countries,” Marketing Science, Vol. 21(1), 97-116. 3] Ratchford, B. T., D. Talukdar and M.S. Lee (2001), “A Model of Consumer Choice of the Internet as an

Information S ource,” International Journal of Electronic C ommerce, Vol. 5(3), 7-22. [Lead Article] 2] Talukdar, D. and C. Meisner (2001), “Does Private Sector Hurt or Help the Environment? Cross-Country

Evidence from Carbon Dioxide Pollution,” World Development, Vol. 29(5), 827-840. 1] Moorthy, S., B. T. Ratchford and D. Talukdar (1997), “Consumer Information Search Revisited: Theory and

Empirical Analysis,” Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 23 (4), 263-277. [Lead Article]


B. Articles as Refereed Research Reports/Monographs and Book Chapters 7] Gulyani, S., A. Rizvi and D. Talukdar (2019), “Are They Really Being Served?: Assessing Effective Infrastructure A ccess and Q uality i n 1 5 K enyan C ities,”– Policy Research Working Paper; Report # 8750, World Bank, Washington D.C. 6] Gulyani, S., D. Talukdar and D. Jack (2010), “Poverty, Living Conditions, and Infrastructure Access: A

Comparison of Slums in Dakar, Johannesburg, and Nairobi,”– Policy Research Working Paper; Report # WPS 5388, World Bank, Washington D.C.

5] Gulyani, S., D. Talukdar and D. Jack (2009), “A Tale of Three Cities: Understanding Differences in

Provision of Modern Services,”– Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostics Discussion Paper Series, No. 11,

Sustainable Development Department, World Bank, Washington D.C. 4] Gulyani, S. and D. Talukdar (2009), “Informal Rental Markets: The Low-Quality, High-Price Puzzle in Nairobi’s Slums,”– Chapter 8 in the book: Urban Land Use and Land Markets, edited by Somik V. Lall et

al.; publisher: Springer.

3] Gauri, D. K., K. Sudhir and D. Talukdar (2006), “The “When” and “Where” Dimensions of Cherry Picking,”– Marketing Science Institute (MSI) Report; No. 06-003, 2006. 2] Gulyani, S., D. Talukdar and C. Potter (2006), “Inside Informality: Poverty, Jobs, Housing and Services in

Nairobi’s Slums,” – Africa Infrastructure Discussion Paper Series, No. 36347-KE, World Bank, Washington D.C.

1] Gulyani, S., D. Talukdar and R. M. Kariuki (2005), “Water for the Urban Poor: Water Markets, Household Demand, and Service Preferences in Kenya,” – Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Board Discussion Paper Series, No. 5, World Bank, Washington D.C.

C. Book Review Articles 1] Talukdar, D. (2001), “Assessing the Business Environment: Guidelines for Strategists,” – Journal of

Business-to-Business Marketing, Vol. 8(3), 63-64.

OTHER SELECTED ACADEMIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

A. Selected Conference & I nvited Research Presentations [* D enotes presentations which are part of formal published conference proceedings]

59]* “The “Hobbesian World” of Tenant Households Living in Informal Settlements of Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from the U rban S lums of Kenya” – Invited presentation at Sustainability & D evelopment Conference, University of Michigan, Nov. 9-11, 2018.

58]* “How Does “Who You Are” Shape Your Household’s Decisions about Whether and How Much to Spend

on Education?: Insights from a S ub-Saharan Country” – Invited presentation at Sustainability & Development Conference, University of Michigan, Nov. 9-11, 2018.

57]* “Roles of Social Identity, Financial Leverage, and Digital Access on Households’ Spending Behaviors on Education: Insights from a Sub-Saharan Country" – Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Philadelphia, 2018 (June 1 3-16).

56] “Cost of being a slum dweller in Nairobi: Living under dismal conditions but still paying a housing rent

premium,” – Invited S eminar Presentation, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, 2017 (Oct. 13).

55]* “Distinguishing Two Types of Corruption Behaviors: An Empirical Study of Chinese and Indian Firms"

with A. Iriyama and R. Kishore – Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, 2017 (August 4-8).

54] “Designing Sustainability: Integrating Consumer Behavior and Product Design to Minimize Electronic Waste,” – invited presentation at the UB RENEW Research Workshop, 2016 (May 25). 53]* “Downstream threats and upstream actions: A study of corruption and HR t raining in the Indian IT

industry,” with A. Iriyama and R. Kishore – Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, 2015 (August 7-11).

52]* “Productivity versus Transparency: Information Technology Adoption in Emerging Markets” with K.

Sudhir – 2013 China India Insights Conference, Yale University and CKGSB, New York City, 2013 (Sept. 20-21).

51] “Rental Housing Markets at the Base of the ‘Economic Pyramid’: Insights from the Slums in Kenya and Senegal” – Civic Engagement Research Fellow Presentation, University at Buffalo, 2012 (Nov. 30) 50]* “A Tale of Two Cities: A Multi-Dimensional Portrait of Poverty and Living Conditions in the Slums of

Nairobi and Dakar” with E. Bassett & S. Gulyani – Annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Conference, Cincinnati, 2012 (Nov. 1-4)

49]* “Productivity versus Transparency: Information Technology Adoption in Emerging Markets” with K. Sudhir – Marketing Science Emerging Markets Conference, Wharton School, Philadelphia, 2012 (Sept. 28-29).

48]* “Traditionalism Meets Modernity: Market Insights from Store L evel Data in the In dian Retail Sector”


with K. Sudhir – Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Boston, 2012 (June 7-9). 47]* “Value Seeking Under Competition: Impacts of Wal-Mart Entry and Economy Store Brand

Introduction” with S. Seenivasan – Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Boston, 2012 (June 7-9).

46]* “Determinants of Rents in the Slums of Nairobi & Dakar,” with S. Gulyani; presented at the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, World Bank, Washington D.C., April 23-26, 2012. 45]* “Trends in Global Consumption Patterns and Role of “Neighborhood” Influence” with S. Seenivasan and K. T. Yildiz -- China-India C onsumer Insights Conference (organized b y Y ale U niversity a nd D uke University) New Delhi (India), 2011 (July 2 8-30). 44]* “The Long Term Impact of a Recession on Brand Shares” with S. Seenivasan and K. Sudhir – Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Houston, 2011 (June 9-11). 43]* “Empirical Regularity in Academic Marketing Research Productivity Patterns” with V. Hariharan and C. Boo – Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Houston, 2011 (June 9-11). 42]* “An Empirical Investigation o f Retailer P ass-Throughs across Categories” with J. Pancras and D. Gauri – Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Houston, 2011 (June 9-11). 41]* “Marketing and Poverty,” – invited panel participant at the Third Transformative Consumer Research Conference, Baylor University, Texas, 2011 (June 24-26). 40] “How Long is the “Tail” of Grocery Supermarket Assortments?” with A. Kumar – Invited S eminar

Presentation, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, 2010 (Nov. 19). 39]* “A Prior Distribution of Bayesian Nonparametrics Incorporating Distances of Various Types” with B. Hartman, D. Dahl and B. Mallick – Joint Statistical Meeting, Annual Conference of the American Statistical Association, Vancouver, 2010 (July 31-August 5). 38]* “Dynamic Optimal Marketing Mix Strategies for New Products with Influential and Imitator Consumer Segments” with V. Hariharan and C. Kwon – Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Cologne (Germany), 2010 (Ju ne 1 6-19). 37]* “Store Brand Loyalty and Store Performance” with S. Seenivasan and K. Sudhir – Annual INFORMS

Marketing Science Conference, Cologne (Germany), 2010 (June 16-19). 36]* “A Field Examination of the Influence of Brand Equity on Behavioral Loyalty and Factors that Moderate this Relationship” with K. K. Desai, V. Hariharan and J. Inman – Annual Conference of Association for Consumer Research, Pittsburgh, 2009 (October 22-25). 35]* “Investigating N ew Product Diffusion S peed T rends across Countries” with B. Hartman and B. Mallick

– Joint Statistical Meeting, Annual Conference of the American Statistical Association, Washington D.C., 2009 (August 1-6).

34]* “Investigating C ross-Country Influence Dynamics in New Product Diffusions” with B. Hartman and B. Mallick – Joint Statistical Meeting, Annual Conference of the American Statistical Association, Washington D.C., 2009 (August 1-6). 33]* “Developing Markets and Poverty,” – invited panel speaker at the Second Transformative Consumer Research Conference, Villanova University, Philadelphia, 2009 (June 26-28).

32]* “Role of Globalization and Internet on Consumption Patterns around the World” with S. Seenivasan & K. T. Yildiz -- Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Ann Arbor, 2009 (June 3-6).


31]* “Investigating C ross-Country Interactions in New Product Diffusions” with B. Hartman and B. Mullick –

Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Ann Arbor, 2009 (June 3-6).

30]* “Investigating Dynamic Market Effects of Natural Market “Shocks” in CPG Markets” with V. Hariharan and S. D. Duvvuri -- Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Ann Arbor, 2009 (June 3-6). 29]* “Dynamic Effects of the Introduction of Cobranded Ingredient Extensions on Consumer Choice” with V. Hariharan and R. Bezawada -- Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Ann Arbor, 2009 (June 3-6). 28]* “Dynamic Market Effects of the Introduction of Store Brands’ Imitations of National Brands’ Feature

Extensions,” with V. Hariharan and S. D. Duvvuri – INFORMS Sponsored Marketing Dynamics Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2009 (January 4-6).

27]* “Opportunity Costs of SKU Reductions for Supermarket Retailers,” with A. Kumar – Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Vancouver, 2008 (June 12-14). 26]* “Decomposing the Incremental Share of New Product Introductions,” with R. Bezawada and V. Hariharan – Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Vancouver, 2008 (June 12-14). 25]* “Impact of Loss Leader Promotion on Store and Category Performances: Empirical Insights from Grocery Supermarkets,” with D. Gauri and B. T. Ratchford; presented at:

• Annual BBCRST Conference, Cornell University, April 24, 2009; • Collaborative & Multidisciplinary Research Conference, Yale School of Management, Yale

University, 2008 (May 9-10); • Fordham University Pricing Conference, New York, 2007 (Sept. 28-29).

24]* “Understanding the Effect of Credit Card Cash-Back Deals on Consumer Spending and Saving Levels,” with C. Lindsey; presented at the First Transformative C onsumer Research Conference at Tucks School, Dartmouth College, 2007 (July 6-8). 23]* “Consumption Pattern on the Edge of Global Village: Insights from African Slums,” with S. Gulyani; presented at the First Transformative Consumer Research Conference at Tucks School, Dartmouth College, 2007 (July 6-8). 22]* “An Empirical Investigation of the Effects of New P roduct Introductions across Multiple Categories,” with R. Bezawada and V. Hariharan; presented at the Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference,

Singapore, 2007 (June 28-30). 21]* “Retail Format Competition: Co-location and Competition Effects in Location Choice,” with S. Datta & K. Sudhir; presented at the Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Singapore, 2007 (June 28-30). 20]* “Slum Real Estate: The Low-Quality High-Price Puzzle in Nairobi’s Slum Rental Market and Its Implications,” with S. Gulyani; presented at the Urban Research Symposium, World Bank, Washington D.C., May 14-16, 2007. 19]* “Joint Optimization of Retail Price and Shelf-Space Allocation with Stochastic Demands,” with C. Murray and A. Gosavi; presented at:

• 18th Annual Production and Operations Management Science Conference, Dallas, May 4-7, 2007; • Annual INFORMS Conference, Seattle, Nov 4-7, 2007.

18]* “Inside Informality: Poverty, Jobs and S ervices in th e S lums of Nairobi and Dakar,” with S. Gulyani; presented at:

• XVI ISA (International Sociological Association) World Congress of Sociology on “The Quality of Social Existence in a Globalizing World”, Durban , South Africa 2006 (July 23-29);


• Kenya Country Division, World Bank (June 2006) • World Bank Conference: “AFRICITIES 2006: Rethinking Local Strategies in Order to Meet the

Millennium Development Goals”, Nairobi, Kenya 2006 (September 20). 17]* “Timing the Market for Frequently Purchased Goods: Consumers’ Performance and Its Determinants,” with A. Kumar; presented at the Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Pittsburgh, 2006 (Ju ne). 16]* “Revisiting the Role of Promotions on Store Performance,” with D. Gauri and B. T. Ratchford; presented at the Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Pittsburgh, 2006 (June). 15]* “Stochastic Frontier Modeling to Evaluate Efficient Spatial Performance of a Grocery Retail Chain” with Andrei Strijnev; presented at

• Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Atlanta, 2005 (June); • Conference on Strategic and Tactical Decision Making in Supermarket Retailing , University at Buffalo

(August 2005). 14]* “The “When” and “Where” Dimensions of Cherry Picking,” with D. Gauri and K. Sudhir – presented at the Conference on Strategic and Tactical Decision Making in Supermarket Retailing , University at Buffalo (August 2005). 13]* “Price Search Efficiency of Grocery Shoppers: Insights and Implications” with K. Sudhir and D. Gauri; presented at the Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Rotterdam, 2004 (June). 12]* “Consumers’ Use of the Internet in In formation S earch fo r A utomobiles,” with B. T. Ratchford & M. S. Lee

– presented at the Annual Conference of Association for Consumer Research, Toronto, October, 2003. 11]* “Evolving Role of the Internet on Consumers’ Product Information Search: Insights from the Automobile Market,” with B. T. Ratchford and M. S. Lee – presented at the Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, University of Maryland, June, 2003. 10]* “Linkage between Retail Price Dispersion, Consumers’ Search Cost and Online Auction Behavior: Empirical Insights from an Information Economics Perspective,” with U. Dholakia and S. Basuroy; presented at

• Annual INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, University of Maryland, June, 2003 • Annual BCRST Marketing Conference, Cornell University, May, 2003.

9]* “Universal (Non)Service? Household Water Use and Preferences in Urban Kenya,” with S. Gulyani; presented a t:

• The World Bank, June 2003 • 44th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Baltimore,

Maryland, November 2002. 8]* “Identifying Similarities in Diffusion Behavior across Products and Countries,” with K. Sudhir and A.

Ainslie; presented at: • The Annual INFORMS M arketing S cience C onference, Los Angeles (June 2000) • Simon School of Business, University of Rochester (March 2000).

7]* “The Impact of the Internet on Information Search for Automobiles,” with B. Ratchford and M. S. Lee; presented at the INFORMS A nnual Conference, San Antonio, November, 2000. 6]* “How M uch is Your Customer Worth? Lifetime Value Estimates and Implications for Optimal Retention

Strategy,” presented at: • Business School, University of Notre Dame (November 1999) • Annual INFORMS M arketing S cience C onference, Syracuse (May 1999).


5]* “Understanding the Mediating Roles of Marketing Variables on Consumers’ Brand Choice Behavior

under Information Uncertainty,” presented at: • The Annual INFORMS M arketing S cience C onference, Syracuse (May 1999) • Business School, University of Colorado, Boulder (December 1997).

4]* “A New Look at an Old Issue: Long-Term Relationship between Economic Development and Motorization”, presented at the 8th World Conference on Transport Research, Antwerp, Belgium, July 1998.

3] “Private Sector Development in Developing Countries: Curse or Boon to the Environment?,” presented at

the Business School, McGill University, October 1997. 2]* “An Economic Theory of Consumer Involvement”, presented at the Annual INFORMS M arketing S cience

Conference, London, June, 1992. 1]* “A Price-Quality Discrimination Model with Inter-related Production Costs”, presented at the TIMS/ORSA

Annual Conference, Los Angeles, November, 1991.

SELECTED INFORMATION ON RESEARCH IMPACTS • Citation Statistics (as of 03/01/2020)

o Web of Science: H-index = 20; Citations = 1,717 o Google Scholar: H-index = 28; Citations = 4,969

• An analysis (as of March 1, 2020) of the citations of my research works in the Thomson-Reuters Web of Science database shows that the c itations appear in over 550 international journals across more than 90 academic subject areas, and the citations come from over 2,600 individual researchers across more than 1,200 academic and research institutions in 75 countries. Some highlights are noted below:

o The scope of the citing journals encompasses a wide spectrum of academic subject areas that include: business management, economics, statistics, operations research, computer science, industrial engineering, international development, environmental and sustainability studies, public health, law, sociology, anthropology, and psychology.

o The citing journals include of some of the most reputed journals in their respective areas. Just a few illustrative examples from the areas of business, economics, international development, law and public health: Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, Management Science, Marketing Science, Organization Science, Psychological Science, Information Systems Research, MISQ, Production & Operations Mgmt., American Economic Review, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, J. of Economic Perspectives, Energy Economics, Ecological Economics, Journal of Cultural Economics, Environmental Economics & Management, World Development, Urban Studies, World Bank Research Observer, Columbia Law Review, Stanford Law Review, Journal of the American Planning Association, Planning Theory, The Lancet, BMJ, and American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

o The citing researchers are affiliated with many of the most well-known academic and research institutions in the world. Just a few illustrative examples: Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, HKUST, Imperial College, INSEAD, IIMs (India), IITs (India), Johns Hopkins, KAIST, LSE, Max Planck Institute, MIT, National Bureau of Economic Research, Peking University, Stanford, SFIT Zurich, Tel Aviv Univ., Tsinghua Univ., UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Univ. of Toronto, Yale, and the World Bank.

• My published research over the years have and continue to be used as reading materials for graduate and doctoral courses taught in management schools as well as in other departments at various universities in North America and Europe, e.g., Brown University, Erasmus University, Columbia University,, Cornell University, MIT, NYU, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Maryland, University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Toronto, and Yale University. As an example, given below is the Web link to graduate


economics course taught at Stanford University in fall 2016 that used one of my published papers as part of its course reading list: http://web.stanford.edu/~leinav/teaching/econ257/reading_list.pdf


http://web.stanford.edu/~leinav/teaching/econ257/reading_list.pdf

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