Consumers often use objective as well as subjective criteria to evaluate a product. For example, power tool users may evaluate a power tool based on not only its objective attributes such as price and switch type but also its subjective characteristics such as ease of use and the feel of the...

This paper examines the effects of sequential movie releases on the dilution and the enhancement of celebrity brands. The authors use favorability ratings collected over a 12-year period (1993 to 2005) to capture movement in the brand equity of a panel of actors/actresses. A dynamic panel data...

This volume presents advanced techniques to modeling markets, with a wide spectrum of topics, including advanced individual demand models, time series analysis, state space models, spatial models, structural models, mediation, models that specify competition and diffusion models. It is intended...

Demonstrations of marketing effectiveness currently proceed on two parallel tracks: quantitative researchers model the direct sales effects of the marketing mix, while advertising and branding experts trace customer mindset metrics like awareness and affect. We merge the two tracks and analyze...