Conference Agenda July 2010

Thursday - July 1, 2010

6:30-8:00

Welcome Reception

           The Wenjin Hotel

Friday - July 2, 2010

 8:30-8:45

Inauguration

          Auditorium, Weilun Building, Tsinghua SEM

 

 

Welcome Remarks

K. Sudhir, Professor of Marketing and Director, China India Consumer Insights Program, Yale School of Management

Chen Guoqing, Associate Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

Inaugural Remarks

Yingyi Qian, Dean, School of Management Tsinghua University

 8:45-9:00

Group Photo Session

9:00-10:55

Plenary Session

Introduction

Ravi Dhar, George Rogers Clark Professor of Management and Marketing and Director, China India Consumer Insights Program, Yale School of Management

Keynote Addresses

Helen Han, Vice President, Government Relations and Business Development, News Corp China | STAR CHina

Jin Yuhua, President, Beijing Modern Plaza

Vinay Dixit, Senior Director, Asia Consumer Center, McKinsey & Company

 

10:55-11:15

Break

 

11:15-12:15

Panel Discussion

“Responding to Market Dynamics: Evolution of Retail Brands and Formats in China and India

Moderator: Lakshman Krishnamurthi, A. Montgomery Ward Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Kellogg School, Northwestern University

Panelists:

Arpita Mukherjee, Professor, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Yang Dehong, President, E-Future

Vinay Dixit, Senior Director, Asia Consumer Center, McKinsey & Company

Li Fei, Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University and Executive Director, China Retail Research Center

 

12:15-1:15

Lunch

 

1:15-2:55

Session One


Track One:

Macro Insights on Consumer Choice

Room 301, Shunde Building, Tsinghua SEM

 

1:15-1:40: China and India in the Asian Century           

Lakshman Krishnamurthi, Yuxin Chen (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University), and Sugandha Khandelwal (ZS Associates)

 

1:40-2:05: Food Consumption Patterns of Urban Chinese Families from 1995 to 2010: Choice, Risk, Stratification and Love

Hongyan Yu  (Jilin University),  Ann Veeck, (Haworth College of Business, Western Michigan University), Alvin C. Burns (Ourso College of Business Adminstation, LSU), and Zhang Hong (Jilin University)

 

2:05-2:30: Unmasking the Real India: How Indian Earns, Spends and Saves

Rajesh Shukla (NCAER)

 

2:30-2:55: Brand Preferences of Young Chinese Consumers: From Top of Mind to Top of Wallet

Tingting Fan, (Stern School of Business, New York University), Peter N. Golder, and Kevin Keller (Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College)

 

Track Two:

Firm Choices- Entry, Customer Selection and R&D Decisions

       Room 302, Shunde Building, Tsinghua SEM

 1:15-1:40: Patterns in the Global Location of R&D: The Role of China and India

Gerard Tellis, (Marshall School of Business, USC), Andreas B. Elsingerich (Imperial College Business School), Rajesh K. Chandy (London Business School), and Jaideep C. Prabhu (Judge Business School, University of Cambridge)

 

1:40-2:05: Emerging B2B Portals Connecting Chinese Entrepreneurs to the World

Yubo Chen, (The Eller College of Management, University of Arizona), Qi Wang (SUNY Binghamton), and Jinhong Xie (Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida)

 

2:05-2:30: Balancing Risk and Return in a Customer Portfolio

Ruth Bolton, (Marketing Science Institute), Crina O. Tarasi (Central Michigan University), Michael D. Hutt and Beth A. Walker (W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University),

 

2:55-3:20

Break

 

3:20-5:00

Session Two

 

Track One: Product and Distribution Effects

Room 301, Shunde Building, Tsinghua SEM


3:20-3:45: Information, Direct Access to Farmers and Rural Market Performance in Central India

Aparajita Goyal (The World Bank)


3:45-4:10: Quantifying Nation Equity with Sales Data: A Structural Approach

Junhong Chu (NUS Business School, The National University of Singapore)


4:10-4:35: Large Screens or More Shows: Multiplex Configuration in the Era of Digital Cinema

Anita Rao and Wesley Hartmann (Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)


4:35-5:00: What Factors Drive Durable Adoption in an Emerging Market?: Evidence from India

K.Sudhir (Yale School of Management, Yale University), S. Sriram (Ross School of Business, University of Michigan), Rajesh Shukla (NCAER)

 

Track Two: Socio-Cultural and Psychological Insights on Consumer Choice

Room 302, Shunde Building, Tsinghua SEM

3:20-3:45: Is there a Universal Positivity Effect? A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Jianping Liang, Zengxiang Chen, Haizhong Wang (School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University), and Kyle B. Murray (School of Business, University of Alberta)

 

3:45-4:10: Consumer Knowledge and Intention-Behavior Discrepancy

Meng Su, Ying Jin (Guanghua School of Management, Peking University), Yuxin Chen (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University), Joseph Donndelinger (General Motors), Jian Tu (General Motors)

 

4:10-4:35: Effect of Face-to-Face Interactions on Choice: The Role of Expressiveness

Maggie Wenjing Liu (Tsinghua University)


4:35-5:00: Can Thinking Abstractly Help Choosing from Large Assortments: A MindSet-based Analysis

Zixi Jiang, Jing Xu (Guanghua School of Management, Peking University), Ravi Dhar (Yale School of Management, Yale University)

 

6:30-9:00

Dinner

 

Saturday - July 3, 2010

  8:30-9:45

Session Three

 

Track One: Price Effects

 Room 301, Shunde Building, Tsinghua SEM

8:30-8:55: The Impact of Tax Policy Stimulus on Automobile Choice: Evidence from the Chinese Automotive Industry

Xi Chen (Tsinghua University), Pradeep Chintagunta (Booth School of Business, University of Chicago)


8:55-9:20: Consumer Self-Control and Marketing Implications

Yuhuang Zheng  (School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University)


9:20-9:45: Dynamic Consumption Under Three-Part Tariffs

Song Yao, Yuxin Chen (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University), Carl F. Mela (Fuqua School of Business, Duke University), and Jeongwen Chiang (China Europe International Business School)


 

Track Two: Advertising and Branding

 Room 302, Shunde Building, Tsinghua SEM

8:30-8:55: Inconspicuous Luxury and Flamboyant Counterfeits

Kaifu Zhang, Yakov Bart, and V. Padmanabhan  (INSEAD)


8:55-9:20: Effectiveness of Language-Adapted Celebrity Endorser Advertisements: A Conceptual Framework

Venkatesh Parthsarathy and Arindam Banerjee (Indian Institute of Management- Ahmedabad)


9:20-9:45: Chinese Consumers’ Love Affairs with Global Brands

Lily Dong (University of Alaska Fairbanks) and Chunling Yu (Tsinghua University)

 

9:45-10:15

Break

 

10:15-11:55

Session Four

Track One: Social Network/ Peer Effects

 Room 301, Shunde Building, Tsinghua SEM

10:15-10:40: Social Network Learning: How User-Generated Content on Review Websites Influences Consumer Decisions

Hai Che (Marshall School of Business, USC), Tat Y. Chen  and Chunhua Wu (Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis)

 

10:40-11:05: Modeling Asymmetric Influences on Purchases among Multilaterally Interacting Shoppers

Jiali Ding (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business), Z. John Zhang (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania) and Guoqun Fu (Guanghua School of Management, Peking University)

 

11:05-11:30: A Dyad Model of Calling Behavior with Tie-Strength Dynamics

Botao Yang (Marshall School of Business, USC), Mengze Shi (Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto), and Jeongwen Chiang (Cheung Kong School of Business)


11:30-11:55: Compensation and Peer Effects in Competing Sales Teams

Jia Li, Tat Y. Chan, and Lamar Pierce (Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis)

 

 

Track Two: Industry-Specific Consumer Insights

 Room 302, Shunde Building, Tsinghua SEM

10:15-10:40: New Insights into Modern India Shopper Behavior and Insights for Global Retailers and Local Policymakers

Arpita Mukherjee ( Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)), Shaoming Zou and Murali K. Mantrala (University of Missouri)

 


11:05-11:30: Consumer Insights in Emerging Markets: An Application to the Information Technology Education Market

Anup Krishnamurthy and Pradip Sadarangani (Indian Institute of Management- Bangalore), Piyush Kumar Sinha (Indian Institute of Management- Ahmedabad) and Liyan Zhang (Tianjin University of Finance and Economics)


11:30-11:55: Wine Tourism in China: Exploring Motivation and Behavioral Intention in an Emerging Market

Avital Biran, Beiqi He, Jason Sit, and Gang Li (School of Management, University of Surrey)

 

 11:55-1:00

Break

 

1:00-5:00

Optional Sightseeing Trip (boxed Lunches Provided)

 

Sunday - July 4, 2010

8:00-5:00

Optional Sightseeing Trip (Lunch Provided)