PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES
Editor-In-Chief
- Journal of Marketing, April 1, 2014 – June 30, 2018
- Departmental Editor Production and Operations Management (2019 – 2023 (on Sabbatical now))
- Senior Consulting Editor Journal of International Business Studies (2017 -2022 )
- Senior Consulting Editor Elsevier Journals, (2022 – )
Award
- Winner, 2013 Outstanding Service Excellence Award, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
Co-Founder
- Academy of Indian Marketing
Chair
- 2020 AIM-AMA Conference on “Marketing Communication Strategies for the Dynamic and Digital Business Environment”
BIMTECH, Noida, India, January, 2020. - 2019 AIM-AMA Conference on “Marketing Communication Strategies for the Dynamic and Digital Business Environment” Mudra Institute of Communications(MICA), Ahmedabad, India, January, 2019.
- 2018 AIM-AMA Conference on “Generating Ideas for Research” Welingkar Institute of Management, Bangalore, India, January, 2018.
- 2017 AIM-AMA Conference on “Gaining Customer Insights” Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai, India, January, 2017.
- ISMS-MSI Marketing Science Practice Conference, Washington D.C., 2011-2012
- ISMS Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition, 2010
- ISMS- MSI Practice Prize Competition, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2009-2010
- Marketing Track, International Symposium on Forecasting, San Antonio, TX, June 2005
- Special Interest Group Track, AMA Winter Educator’s Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1997
- Energy Track in the Conference “Doing Business in India: The Texas Connection,” Arlington, Texas, Fall 1997
- Academy of Marketing Science Faculty Consortium on Internationalizing the Marketing Curriculum, Phoenix, AZ, 1996
- Telecommunications Track in the Conference “Doing Business in India: The Texas Connection,” Austin, Texas, Fall 1996
- The task force entrusted with formulating a new AMA Doctoral Consortium Policy, 1995-96. Formulated new policies for organizing joint conferences with AMA. Developed formal guidelines for organizing AMA Faculty Consortium
Co-Chair
- 2020 AIM-AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium BIMTECH, Noida, India, January 2020
- 2019 AIM-AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Mudra Institute of Communications(MICA) Ahmedabad, India, January 4-6, 2019
- 2018 AIM-AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Welingkar Institute of Management Bangalore, India, January 5-8, 2018
- 2017 AIM-AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Welingkar Institute of Management Mumbai, India, January 6-8, 2017
- 2016 AIM-AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Welingkar Institute of Management Mumbai, India, January 7-9, 2016
- 2016 AIM-AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad Ghaziabad, India, January 7-9, 2016
- 2015 AIM-AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Institute of Management Technology, Dubai
Dubai, January 18-20, 2015 - 2015 Theory and Practice in Marketing Conference Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA, June 10-12, 2015 - 2014 AIM AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad India January 5-7, 2014
- 2012 Inaugural AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Powered by Academy of Indian Marketing, Bangalore, India, July 27-29, 2012
- Second Academy of Indian Marketing Conference on “Innovations in Emerging Markets,” Bangalore, India, July 29-31, 2012
- Academy of Indian Marketing Conference on “Emerging Markets in the New World Order-The Paradigm Shift,” New Delhi, India, December 16-18, 2010
- AMA Sheth Doctoral Consortium Sponsored by AMA, The Sheth Foundation, Georgia State University, June 2009
- First AMA Knowledge Development Coalition Conference on “Marketing-Mix Resource Allocation and Planning,” Atlanta, GA, July 2008
- Thought Leadership Conference on “Retailing: Managing the Customer Experience,” sponsored by AMA, MSI, Babson College, MA, April 2008
- MPlanet Session at the AMA Winter Educator’s Conference, San Diego, February 2007
- AMA Sheth Doctoral Consortium sponsored by AMA, The Sheth Foundation, University of Connecticut School of Business and MSI, University of Connecticut, July 2005
- Thought Leadership Conference on “Managing Customers for Value” sponsored by AMA, MSI and ING Center for Financial Services, University of Connecticut, September 2005
- AMA’s Summer Educators’ Conference, Chicago, 1992
Track Chair
- CRM and Relationship Marketing, AMA’s Summer Marketing Educator’s Conference, Boston, MA, August 2013
- Market Intelligence, Marketing Research and Organizational Learning Processes, AMA’s Winter Educators’ Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1999
Track Co-Chair
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- E-commerce and Technology, AMA’s Summer Educators’ Conference, 2004, Boston, MA
- Research Methodology, Academy of Marketing Science Conference, Summer 2002, Sanibel Island, Florida
- Elected Member
- AMA Academic Council, 2005 – 2007
Member
- ISBM-IPSS Advisory Board, Penn State University, State College, PA
- AMA Finance & Audit Committee,
- AMA Knowledge Development Coalition,
- AMA MPlanet Conference Organizing Committee, 2006 -2007
- INFORMS Committee of Conferences, 2002-2004
Panel of Judges
- Marketing Science Institute Competition Grants Committee on Sales Management, 2012-2013
- Marketing Strategy Award for Early Contributions, 2003-Present
- General Motors Marketing Research Competition, March 2003
- Marketing Science Institute Competition on Marketing Metrics, 2002-2003
Guest Editor
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- Production and Operations Management, Special Issue on “Transformative Marketing”, 2020-22.
- Journal of International Business Studies, Special Issue on “Business Model Innovations in a Disruptive Global Environment”, 2020-22.
- International Journal of Research in Marketing, Special Issue on “Global Marketing Strategy”, 2020-21
- Journal of Retailing, Special Issue on “Metrics and Analytics in Retailing,” 2020-21
- Recherche et Applications en Marketing, Special Issue on “Marketing and Globalization.”
- Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Special Issue on “Managing Business Models and Innovation in Emerging Markets”, 2018-2019
- Journal of Marketing, until June 30, 2014
- Journal of Marketing Research
- Journal of Retailing, Special Issue on “Customer Experience Management in Retailing,” 2008
- Journal of Service Research, Special Issue on “Managing Customers for Value,” 2006
- International Journal of Forecasting (2002) on Forecasting in Telecommunication
Associate Editor
- Journal of Marketing, until June 30, 2014
- Journal of Marketing Research until 2020.
- International Journal of Forecasting 2004 – presentg
- Journal of Retailing (until December 31, 2014)
- Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2012 – present
Guest Associate Editor
- Marketing Science
Editorial Review Board
- Marketing Science (until December 31, 2015)
- Journal of Marketing, until June 30, 2014
- Journal of Marketing Research
- Journal of Retailing
- Journal of Interactive Marketing
- Journal of Business Research
- Journal of International Marketing
- Journal of International Business Studies
- Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science(2010 – July 2015)
- Academy of Marketing Science Review
- International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising
- Industrial Marketing Management
- European Business Review
- Journal of World Business, 1996-1998 (formerly Columbia Journal of World Business)
Advisory Board
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- Journal of Retailing
- Journal of International Marketing
- Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management
- Journal of Relationship Marketing
- Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing
- Journal of Value Creation
Officer
- AMA Education Council, 1993 – 1994
Reviewer
- AMA Educator’s Conference, 1987 – 1991, Academy of Marketing Science Conference, 1989
- Academy of Marketing Science Conference, 1989
Ad-hoc Reviewer
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- International Journal of Research in Marketing
- Journal of International Business Studies
- Management Science
- IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
- Journal of Strategic Marketing
- Journal of Advertising
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
- OMEGA
- Marketing Research: A Magazine of Management and Applications
Blue Ribbon Panel
- Selection of the Best Paper in the AMA Summer Educator’s Conference, 1991, 1995
Senior V.P. Conferences & Research
- Academic Council, AMA, 1994 – 1996
Vice President
- Practice, INFORMS Society on Marketing Science, 2009-Present
- International Activities Academic Council, AMA, 1996 – 1998
Board Member
- Direct Marketing Educational Foundation, 2010-Present
- Marketing Accountability Standards Board, Chicago, IL, 2008-Present