Ramakrishnaiah Bezawada

Education

Ph.D., Quantitative Marketing, Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana

M.S., Statistics, Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana

M.B.A., International Business, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade New Delhi India

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani India

Journal Articles

Sridhar, K., & Bezawada, R. (2024). Investigating the Impact of Expert Ratings on Product Demand. Marketing Science, In Progress.

Kumar, A., Sridhar, K., & Bezawada, R. (2022). Investigation of Cross Media Effects in Multichannel Shopping: Roles of Email, Catalog, Television and Radio. Marketing Letters, 33(2). 189-201.

Kumar, A., Sridhar, K., & Bezawada, R. (2021). Investigating the Role of Semantic and Syntactic Elements in Online Marketing Communications on Offline Customer Spending: A Case Study in Email Marketing. Journal of Interactive Marketing/Elsevier,

Kumar, A., Bezawada, R., & Trivedi, M. (2018). The Effects of Multichannel Shopping on Customer Spending, Customer Loyalty, and Customer Profitability. Journal of the Association of Consumer Research, 33. 294-311.

Kumar, A., Bezawada, R., Rishika, R., Janakiraman, R., & Kannan, P. (2016). From Social to Sale: The Effect of Firm-Generated Content in Social Media on Customer Behavior. Journal of Marketing, 80(1). 7-25.

Hariharan, V. G., Bezawada, R., & Talukdar, D. (2015). Aggregate Impacts of Different Brand Development Strategies. Management Science, 61(5). 1164-1182.

Winterich, K., Barone, M., Carter, R., Janakiraman, R., & Bezawada, R. (2015). How Gender, Age and Residence Segments Vary in Choice of a Discount vs. a Donation-based Promotion. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 25(4). 622-634.

Pickering, G., Jain, A. K., & Bezawada, R. (2013). Super-tasting Gastronomes? Taste Phenotype Characterization of Foodies and Wine Experts. Food Quality and Preference, 28(1). 85-91.

Bezawada, R., & Pauwels, K. (2013). What is Special about Marketing Organic Products? How Organic Assortment, Price and Promotions Drive Retailer Performance. Journal of Marketing, 77(1). 31-51.

Rishika, R., Kumar, A., Janakiraman, R., & Bezawada, R. (2013). The Effect of Customer Social Media Participation on Customer Visit Frequency and Profitability. Information Systems Research, 24(1). 108-127.

Kumar, A., Trivedi, M., Bezawada, R., & Sridhar, K. (2012). A Comparative Analysis of Differential Consumer Response across Supermarket and Specialty Stores. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 19(6). 561-569.

Akcura, T., Bezawada, R., & Kalra, A. (2012). The Strategic Role of Private Labels on Retail Competition. Bogaziçi Journal of Economics & Administrative Sciences, 26(1). 1-15.

Hariharan, V. G., Bezawada, R., & Talukdar, D. (2012). Trial, Repeat Purchase and Spillover Effects of Cobranded Extensions. Journal of Product & Brand Management/Emerald, 21(2). 76-88.

Sridhar, K., Bezawada, R., & Trivedi, M. (2012). Investigating the Drivers of Consumer Cross Category Learning for New Products Using Multiple Data Sets. Marketing Science, 31(4). 668-688.

Wang, D., Bezawada, R., & Tsai, J. (2010). An Investigation of Consumer Brand Choice Behavior Across Different Retail Formats. Journal of Marketing Channels/Taylor and Francis, 17(3). 219-242.

Bezawada, R., Subramanian, B., Shankar, V., & Kannan, P. (2008). Cross-Category Effects of Aisle and Display Placements: A Spatial Modeling Approach and Insights. Journal of Marketing/AMA, 73(3). 99-117.

Book Chapters

Kumar, A., & Bezawada, R. (2014). Effects of Consumers’ Social Media Participation on Consumer Behavior: A Marketing Perspective. In Ayanso, A., & Lertwachara, K. (Eds.), Harnessing the Power of Social Media and Web Analytics (p. 16). Hersey, PA,USA. IGI Global.

Presentations

Bezawada, R., Sridhar, K., & Kumar, A. (2024, May 27). Tackling Abandoned Cart Recovery as a Classification Problem: A Machine Learning Approach. TPM Conference 2024. Austin, Texas: Theory and Practice in Marketing.

Bezawada, R., Sridhar, K., Kumar, A., & Salo, J. (2024, June 27). Tackling Cold Feet: Targeting Abandoned Carts for Minor, Major and Full Cart Recoveries. TPM Conference. Switzerland: Theory and Practice in Marketing.

Sridhar, K., Bezawada, R., & Kumar, A. (2020, June 12). Antecedents and Consequences Of Cart Abandonment. Informs Marketing Science Conference 2020. online: INFORMS.

Sridhar, K., Bezawada, R., & Kumar, A. (2019, June 21). Disentangling the impact of Expert Product Ratings to inform Market Strategies. Informs Marketing Science Conference 2019. Rome, Italy: INFORMS.

Sridhar, K., Bezawada, R., & Kumar, A. (2019, February 22). Disentangling the impact of Expert Product Ratings to inform Market Strategies. AMA Winter Academic Conference 2019. Austin, Texas: AMA.

Research Currently in Progess

Sridhar, K., & Bezawada, R.(n.d.). A Category Management Model of Dynamic Retailer Decisions: A Multi-factor Approach for Efficient Category Management Decision Making. In Progress.

Kumar, A., Bezawada, R., Venkatesan, S., & Sharman, R.(n.d.). Do Patients Provide Quality Advice in Online Health Social Networks? An Analysis of Threads at a Patient Portal. In Progress.

Bezawada, R.(n.d.). The Effects of Store Relocation on Consumer Choice. In Progress.

Sridhar, K., & Bezawada, R.(n.d.). The Impact of Ratings on Consumer Choice. In Progress.