Presentation: The potential of social media in customer relationship management

These are the slides of the presentation that I am delivering at the London School of Economics, on April 30th, as part of the Information Systems PhD Seminar Series and Workshops. <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/acanhoto/canhoto-2013-at-lse-handout" title="Canhoto 2013 at lse handout" target="_blank">Canhoto 2013 at lse handout</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/acanhoto" target="_blank">Ana Canhoto</a></strong> </div> The presentation … Continue reading Presentation: The potential of social media in customer relationship management

Close business relationships do not protect you from cheating

Research recently published in the Journal of Marketing Research presents an interesting puzzle. It suggests that close rapport between business partners does not eliminate opportunism, which the authors define as 'the practice of engaging in actions that sacrifice ethical principles to benefit oneself at the expense of others'. However, the paper posits that the level … Continue reading Close business relationships do not protect you from cheating

Sharing the good news: Best Paper Award

A lovely surprise, following my presentation at the Management Learning conference.

Presenting my research on developing customer profiles

I am at Lancaster University, for the Management Learning conference. First impressions so far are great: a friendly group, and I even met another marketer 😉 I am presenting tomorrow morning on my research into how organisations develop profiles of their customers. My experience is that different employees presented with the same data set about a … Continue reading Presenting my research on developing customer profiles

PhD topics that I am supervising at Oxford Brookes University

The institution where I work, the Faculty of Business at Oxford Brookes University, has a thriving doctoral programme, including studentship opportunities. If you are considering a doctoral degree, do take a look at the research topics available. I can supervise 1-2 doctoral students who wish to research any of the topics below. Bad customer behaviour … Continue reading PhD topics that I am supervising at Oxford Brookes University

Research project: customer data in the digital age

** UPDATE: this project is now completed ** I have wonderful news to share with you. A team that I have been working with has just secured funding for a research project looking at ‘Collecting and using customer data in the digital age’. The project examines the issues faced by managers when using digital data and sophisticated methodologies … Continue reading Research project: customer data in the digital age

Believing is succeeding

So, you have formulated your New Year’s resolutions and you are now considering the best strategy to achieve them. You have carefully considered the steps that you need to take to achieve those goals and the barriers that you are likely to face. You lined up a number of treats to reward yourself at key … Continue reading Believing is succeeding

Gratitude in marketing

My twitter feed is reminding me that, today, North America celebrates Thanksgiving. It is a festival of religious origins encouraging people to be thankful for the good things and the opportunities in their lives – more information is available here. I thought this would be just the right excuse to tell you about some research … Continue reading Gratitude in marketing