David Reibstein
743 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA19104
Phone: (215) 898-6643
Fax: (215) 573-2129
reibstein@wharton.upenn.edu

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Research Interests: Marketing Metrics: Competitive marketing strategies; Product line strategy: Resource Allocation; Brand equity.
Current Projects:
Competitive marketing strategies. Under what conditions will our competitors react to marketing actions we take? Can we anticipate this reaction and use that in our strategizing, what action should be taken? Simulation of competitive strategies. What is the appropriate breadth of your product line?
 
 

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David Reibstein
William Stewart Woodside Professor, Professor of Marketing


Professor David J. Reibstein's research focuses on competitive marketing strategies, marketing metrics, and product line decisions, among other issues. Most recently, Professor Reibstein's research on competitive marketing strategies addresses competitors' reactions to marketing actions, offering companies insight into ways to anticipate these reactions and use them as a part of strategizing. His marketing metrics work has focused on linking marketing metrics to financial consequences resulting in his most recent book, entitled Marketing Metrics: 50+ Measures Every Manager Should Master.

A former Executive Director of the Marketing Science Institute, Professor Reibstein consults extensively with companies worldwide, including GE, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Rohm and Haas, and others.

His research has been published in top-tier academic journals including Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing Research, and the International Journal of Research in Marketing. Professor Reibstein is also the author or co-author of numerous books and chapters in books on subjects including competitive marketing strategy, global branding, and marketing performance measurement, among others.

Professor Reibstein is a dynamic, award-winning teacher who has been honored with more than 30 teaching awards. In 2005, he also received the John S. Day Distinguished Alumni Academic Service Award of Purdue University's Krannert School of Management, an honor given to a graduate whose service within the academic community reflects the spirit and service of former Krannert Dean John Day. His teaching interests include Marketing Strategy in the MBA Program, as well as teaching Competitive Marketing Strategy, Marketing Metrics, Pricing Strategies, and various other programs for Wharton's Executive Education Program.

Professor Reibstein received his PhD from Purdue University and his BS and BA degrees from the University of Kansas.

Publications
David Reibstein, George Day, Jerry (Yoram) Wind (2009), Is Marketing Academia Losing Its Way?, Journal of Marketing
David Reibstein, Yogesh Joshi, Z. John Zhang (2009), Optimal Entry Timing in Markets with Social Influence, Management Science
David Reibstein (2009), Learning by Doing, International Journal of Marketing Education, 2005, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 1-15
David Reibstein, Koen Pauwels (2009), Marketing Management, McGraw-Hill
David Reibstein, Koen Pauwels (2009), Challenges in Measuring Return on Marketing Investment: Combining Research and Practice Perspectives, Sixth Annual Review of Marketing Research, ME Sharpe, Inc., Irvine CA

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In The News
Market Segmentation: Connecting Data to Decisions with Customer Analytics, Knowledge@Wharton, 03/31/2011
Interview on the Mplanet 2006 Remote Broadcast, Marketing Matters Live, 11/30/2006
Farewell, Peter Drucker: A Tribute to an Intellectual Giant, Knowledge@Wharton, 11/30/2005
Why the Red Sox Brand Keeps Hitting Home Runs, Knowledge@Wharton, 10/19/2005
Managing Brands in Global Markets: One Size Doesn't Fit All, Knowledge@Wharton, 06/01/2005

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Awards
The Earl E. Dyess Lectureship in Marketing, 2011
Wharton Class of 2008 "Goes above and beyond the call of duty" Award, 2008
Miller-Sherrerd MBA Core Teaching Award 1993-1998, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
Wharton Class of 2007 "Goes above and beyond the call of duty" Award, 2007
Marketing Metrics: 50+ Metrics Every Executive Should Master (2006) was named as the “Best Business Book: Marketing” by Strategy & Business, 2007

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Executive Education
Co-Academic Director, Competitive Marketing Strategy
Program Faculty, Essentials of Marketing
Academic Director, Marketing Metrics: Linking Marketing to Financial Consequences
Program Faculty, Pricing Strategies: Measuring, Capturing and Retaining Value

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