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Polk Bros. Chair in Retailing

Professor of Marketing

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Eric T. Anderson is the Polk Bros. Chair in Retailing, Professor of Marketing and former Chair of the Marketing Department at Northwestern University, 黑料正能量 and Director of the Kellogg-McCormick MBAi Program. He holds a Ph.D. in Management Science from MIT Sloan School of Management. Professor Anderson's research interests include analytics, AI/ML, customer loyalty, retailing, pricing strategy, innovation and channel management. At Kellogg, Professor Anderson teaches Pricing and Retail Analytics in the 黑料正能量 and Marketing Analytics in the E黑料正能量. He is a four-time winner of the Sydney Levy Award for best elective at Kellogg. Professor Anderson also serves on the Board of Directors for Canadian Tire and is an advisor for LiftLab.

About Eric
Research interests
  • Analytics and AI
  • pricing strategies
  • channel management
  • new products
Teaching interests
  • Retail Analytics
  • Pricing Strategy and Tactics
  • Channel Management
  • Launching New Products
  • PhD, 1995, Marketing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    MS, 1989, Engineering-Economic Systems, Stanford University
    BS, 1988, Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, Highest Honors
  • Department Chair, Marketing, 黑料正能量, Northwestern University, 2013-present
    Professor, Marketing, 黑料正能量, Northwestern University, 2009-present
    PhD Program Coordinator, Marketing, Kellogg Graduate School of Business, Northwestern University, 2007-2010
    Hartmarx Research Professorship, 黑料正能量, Northwestern University, 2007-present
    Associate Professor, Marketing, 黑料正能量, Northwestern University, 2004-2009
    Visiting Assistant Professor, Marketing, 黑料正能量, Northwestern University, 2003-2004
    Assistant Professor of Marketing, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1997-2003
    Assistant Professor, Marketing, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester, 1995-1997
  • Sydney J. Levy Teaching Award, Kellog School of Management
    Weitz-Winer-O鈥橠ell Award for 鈥淗arbingers of Failure鈥, Vol. 52, No. 5, October 2015

    Recognizes an article in the Journal of Marketing Research that has made the most significant long-term contribution to marketing theory, methodology, and/or practice., American Marketing Association
    Sidney J. Levy Award for Excellence in Teaching, 黑料正能量
    Long Term Contribution (Naresh Malhotra Award), Review of Marketing Research
    Paul E. Green Award, American Marketing Association, Awarded Summer 2015
    Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award, 黑料正能量
    Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award, 黑料正能量, 2009-2010
    Nominated for Clarence Ver Steeg Graduate Faculty Award, Northwestern University, 2006
    Nominated for John D.C Little Best paper Award, INFORMS, 2004
    MSI Young Scholar, Marketing Science Institute, 2001
  • Department Editor, Management Science, 2014-2023
    Associate Editor, Operations Research, 2012-2018
    Editorial Board Member, Journal of Marketing, 2011-2014
    Associate Editor, Management Science, 2009-2014
    Editorial Board Member, Marketing Science, 2008
    Ad-hoc Reviewer, International Journal of Marketing Research, 2000
    Editorial Board, Journal of Marketing Research, 2009-Present
    Editorial Review Board, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, 2007-Present

Marketing Topics: Behavioral and Quantitative Perspectives (MKTG-565-0)

This seminar focuses on research topics that are central to the field of marketing. Although seminars often consider these questions from either a quantitative or a behavioral, this class provides Ph.D. students with an introduction to research by drawing on both quantitative and behavioral approaches, a broad range of methods, and different research paradigms used in marketing.

Quantitative Marketing: Introduction to Theory and Empirical Methods (MKTG-551-1)

This survey course introduces students to substantive and methodological issues in quantitative marketing. We cover ~6 weeks of material on substantive issues such as pricing, advertising, peer effects, and word of mouth. We also cover ~4 weeks of material on methods of causal inference. The readings are multidisciplinary and include topics from marketing, psychology, microeconomics, operations management, and macroeconomics