Faculty research and expertise in the Department of Marketing falls into the following areas:
| ADVERTISING EFFECTS | Faculty Experts |
| Advertisements are aimed at capturing consumers' interest in what a company is advertising or to buy a product. Using persuasive and engaging communication, companies give the information on a product, idea, or service in the hopes that the consumer will behave in the way they want. Advertisements can be heavily influential in a consumers' buying habits. |
| BRANDING | Faculty Experts |
| All entities-- products, organizations, and persons—are branded when they are perceived to have an identity and a reputation that determines how producers and consumers relate to them. The name of the brand carries a cloud of associations that enables the observer to accept or reject it. |
| BUSINESS to BUSINESS (INTER-ORGANIZATION) | Faculty Experts |
| Business-to-business (B2B) describes mutually beneficial relationships between businesses, such as a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or between a wholesaler and a retailer. This can be contrasted with business-to-consumer or business-to-government marketing. |
Mrinal Ghosh |
| CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY | Faculty Experts |
| Consumer psychology is the study of individuals, groups, or organizations and how they come to consume products, services, experiences, or ideas in order to satisfy their purposes. Consumer and social psychology describe consumers’ motivations, perceptions, cognitions, and actions in relation to goods and services, studying the impact that these processes have on both the consumer and the culture. |
| E-COMMERCE | Faculty Experts |
| E-commerce is a type of marketing tool using computer-to-computer technology in order to buy and sell products or service, this is usually done over the internet. E-commerce also utilizes technology to transfer information important to buying, manufacturing, selling, distribution, and account process inherent to supply chain activities. |
| INTERNATIONAL ISSUES | Faculty Experts |
| The research of international issues in marketing focuses on the effects of globalization. There are a variety of issues that can arise when business interact across the globe such as, language barriers, trend differences, and cultural differences. |
| PROMOTIONS | Faculty Experts |
| Promotions is one of the four elements of the marketing mix (price, product, promotion, and distribution). Companies use promotions as a way to communicate with consumers and bring attention to products by adding extra values towards the purchase. |
| PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL MARKETING | Faculty Experts |
| Understanding the importance of public policy in the marketing industry is pertinent. Not only do marketing professionals abide by regulations, but they also help influence and implement policy. This is particularly important as the rise in social marketing continues. Social marketing is the integration of philosophies like Corporate Social Responsibility into an organization’s business practices. Social marketing is aimed at achieving some goal(s) for social good. |
Merrie Brucks |
| SALES FORCE ISSUES | Faculty Experts |
| Being able to evaluate the impact of your sales force is pertinent in the world of marketing. Each business unit has a number of people and process in place in order to impact sales of a product or service. Business must continually evaluate the progress of their sales force teams, as sales is at the core of success. |
| SERVICES MARKETING | Faculty Experts |
| Services marketing is a business model that focuses on intangible products, like insurance or travel, rather than a physical product. The goal in services marketing is not to get a consumer to buy a product, but rather to do business with a particular organization. |
| SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION | Faculty Experts |
| In order to better understand consumers, research can be done on different human social behaviors. Understanding how these social behaviors can influence the way a consumer chooses to consume can greatly help professionals target their strategies to specific markets that are influenced by social interactions. |
| STRATEGY | Faculty Experts |
| Marketing strategy is a company's approach to business that secures and develops profitable customer relationships. It is the process that allows an organization to concentrate its limited resources on the greatest opportunities to increase sales and achieve a sustainable future. |
Mrinal Ghosh |
| TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION | Faculty Experts |
| Companies use technology and innovation to create new products and services for consumers. Technology is also used to create new paths of communications with customers. Companies can utilize both to differentiate themselves from competitors. |
Mrinal Ghosh |
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