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Research For Murali Krishna Mantrala

Refereed Journal Articles

"A Model of the Role of Free Drug Samples in Physicians' Prescription Decisions," with K. Joseph, Marketing Letters, forthcoming.

"Introduction:  Special Issue on Enhancing Sales Force Productivity," with S. Gopalakrishna and K. Joseph, Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, 28 2 (Spring), 109-113, 2008.

"Uphill or Downhill?:  Locating Your Firm on a Profit Function," with PA. Naik, S. Sridhar, and E. Thorson, Journal of Marketing, (April), 26-44, 2007.

"Optimal Pricing Strategies for an Automotive Aftermarket Retailer," with P.B. Seetharaman, R. Kaul, S. Gopalakrishna, and A. Stam, Journal of Marketing Research, 43 (November), 588-604, 2006.

"Do Retailers' Demands for Profit Margin Guarantees Unfairly Exploit Vendors?" with S. Basuroy and S. Gajanan, Marketing Letters, 16, 1 (January), 53-66, 2005.

"Allocating a Promotion Budget between Advertising and Sales Contest Prizes: An Integrated Marketing Communications Perspective," with P. Murthy, Marketing Letters, 16, 1 (January), 19-35, 2005.

"Adapting Motivation, Control, and Compensation Research to a New Environment," with S.P. Brown, K.R. Evans, and G. Challagalla, Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management 25th Anniversary Issue, 25, 2 (Spring), 155-167, 2005.

“The Impact of Category Management on Retail Prices and Performance: Theory and Evidence,” with S. Basuroy and R. Walters, Journal of Marketing, 65 (October), 16-32, 2001.

“A Decision-Support System that Helps Retailers Decide Order Quantities and Markdowns for Fashion Goods” with S. Rao, Interfaces, 31, 3 (May-June), S146-S165, 2001.

“Demand Uncertainty and Supplier’s Returns Policies for a Multi-store Style-good Retailer” with K. Raman, European Journal of Operational Research, 115 (2), 270-284, 1999.

“Planning Media Schedules in the Presence of Dynamic Advertising Quality” with P. Naik and A. Sawyer, Marketing Science, 17 (3), 214-235, 1998.

“Sales Quota Plans: Mechanisms for Adaptive Learning,” with K. Raman and R. Desiraju, Marketing Letters, 8, 4 (October), 393-405, 1997.

“Structuring a Multiproduct Sales Quota-Bonus Plan for a Heterogeneous Sales Force: A Practical Model-Based Approach” with P. Sinha and A. Zoltners, Marketing Science, 13, 2 (Spring), 121-144, 1994.

“Finding Choice Alternatives in Memory: Probability Models of Brand Name Recall” with J.W. Hutchinson and K. Raman, Journal of Marketing Research, 31 (November), 441-461, 1994.

“Dynamic Competitive Retail Pricing with Uncertainty and Learning” with A.T. Coughlan, Managerial and Decision Economics, 15, 1 (Jan-Feb), 3-20, 1994.

“Toward Formalizing Fashion Theory” with C. Miller and S. McIntyre, Journal of Marketing Research, 30, 2 (May), 142-157, 1993.

“Impact of Resource Allocation Rules on Marketing Investment-Level Decisions and Profitability” with P. Sinha and A. Zoltners, Journal of Marketing Research, 29, 2 (May), 162-175, 1992.

“Dynamic Competitive Pricing Behavior” with A.T. Coughlan, International Journal of Research in Marketing, 9, 1 (March), 91-108, 1992.

“Analysis of a Sales Force Incentive Plan for Accurate Sales Forecasting and Performance” with K. Raman, International Journal of Research in Marketing, 7, 2-3 (December), 189-202, 1990.

“Flawed Products: Consumer Responses and Marketing Implications” with P. Kotler, Journal of Consumer Marketing, 2, 3 (August), 27-36, 1985.

Books

"Retailing in the 21st Century: Current and Future Trends," with M. Krafft (editors), Springer Berlin.Heidelberg, 2006.

Book Chapters

"The CRM Process and the Banking Industry: Insights from the Marketing Literature," with M. Krafft, B. Dong, and K. Raman, Advances in Banking Technology and Management: Impact of ICT and CRM (ed: Vadlamani Ravi), Idea Group Inc., Penn. (USA), 159-185, 2008.

"Retailing in the Global World: Case Study of Metro," with Z. Mierdorf and M. Krafft, in Retailing in the 21st Century: Current and Future Trends, M. Krafft and Murali K. Mantrala (editors), Springer Berlin.Heidelberg, 2006.

"Applications of Intelligent Technologies in Retail Marketing," with V. Ravi and K. Raman, in Retailing in the 21st Century: Current and Future Trends, M. Krafft and Murali K. Mantrala (editors), Springer Berlin.Heidelberg, 2006.

"Allocating Marketing Resources,” in Handbook of Marketing, B.A. Weitz and R. Wensley (editors), Sage Publications, Chapter 16, 2002.

Other Publications

"A Meta-Analysis of Personal Selling Elasticities," with S. Albers and S. Sridhar, MSI Reports, No. 08-001, 3-24, April 2008.

"Developing Optimal Store-Level Pricing Strategies for an Automotive Aftermarket Retailer," with P.B. Seetharaman, R. Kaul, S. Gopalakrishna, and A. Stam, MSI Reports, 06-001, April 2006.



Last Edited: 6/20/2005