- Docente: Annamaria Tuan
- Credits: 10
- SSD: SECS-P/08
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Statistics, Economics and Business (cod. 8876)
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from Feb 12, 2024 to May 24, 2024
Course contents
This course will cover important marketing phenomena such as:
-targeting
-market/consumer response to sales promotions
-market/consumer response to communications
-brand and product category choice
while analyzing data collected both at the individual and aggregate (e.g. market) level.
In Module 1 topics will be covered by means of a quantitative approach. To do so, we will use, among others, the following statistical methods:
-multiple regression
-logistic regression
-multinomial and conditional logit
-nested models.
In Module 2 we will deal with advanced methodologies such as text analysis and experiments. In particular we will discuss the following models:
- Poisson and negative binomial
- Hayes models
Readings/Bibliography
- Leeflang, P., Wieringa, J.E., Bijmolt, T.H.A., Pauwels, K.H “Modeling Markets Analyzing Marketing Phenomena and Improving Marketing Decision Making” International Series in Quantitative Marketing 2015: Capitolo 2 "Model Specification"; Capitolo 3 “Data”; Capitolo 8 “Individual Demand Models”; Capitolo 9 “Examples of Database Marketing Models”.
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Blattberg R.C, B. Kim e S.A. Neslin “Database Marketing,” Springer 2008: Capitolo 10 “The Predictive Modeling Process”; Capitolo 11 “Statistical Issues in Predictive Modeling”; Capitolo 24 “Managing Churn”
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Chintagunta, Pradeep K.; Jain, Dipak C.; Vilcassim, Naufel J (1991) “Investigating Heterogeneity in Brand Preferences in Logit Models for Panel Data” Journal of Marketing Research, 28(4), p. 417-42
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De Vries, Lisette, Sonja Gensler, and Peter SH Leeflang. (2012) "Popularity of brand posts on brand fan pages: An investigation of the effects of social media marketing." Journal of Interactive marketing, 26(2), 83-91.
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Gensler, Sonja, Peter C. Verhoef, and Martin Böhm. (2012) "Understanding consumers’ multichannel choices across the different stages of the buying process." Marketing Letters, 23(4), 987-1003.
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Lemon, K. N., & Verhoef, P. C. (2016). Understanding customer experience throughout the customer journey. Journal of Marketing, 80(6), 69-96.
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Visentin, M., Tuan A., Di Domenico G. (2021). "Words matter: How privacy concerns and conspiracy theories spread on twitter." Psychology & Marketing 38(10):1828-1846.
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Labrecque, L. I., Swani, K., & Stephen, A. T. (2020). The impact of pronoun choices on consumer engagement actions: Exploring top global brands' social media communications. Psychology & Marketing, 37(6), 796-814
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Pezzuti, T., Leonhardt, J. M., & Warren, C. (2021). Certainty in language increases consumer engagement on social media. Journal of Interactive Marketing, 53, 32-46
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Hayes, A. F. (2017).Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis: A regression-based approach. Guilford publications. Chicago
Teaching methods
- The course involves both lectures and weekly lab sessions
During the lab several software will be used including: STATA and R
Assessment methods
The course assessment is based on a written exam composed by two parts:
- multiple choice
- open questions
Time: 90 minutes
Office hours
See the website of Annamaria Tuan