Research

Research Overview

My research primarily focuses on managerial phenomena in areas such as B2B strategy, brand strategy, and innovation strategy, all aimed at augmenting a firm's marketing capabilities.

I have published articles on these topics in premier journals like the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Service Research, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Industrial Marketing Management, and European Journal of Marketing.

My research has been featured by Forbes, Bloomberg, and The Aspen Institute. I serve on the Editorial Review Board for several top-tier journals and have guest edited for Industrial Marketing Management.

Journal Articles

Refereed Publications

2025

Frontline employee improvisation: Uncovering its meaning, practice, and impact in service industries

Journal of Service Research

with Rayburn, Luria, Yagil, Fujikawa, & Anderson

DOI

2025

Re-examining calculative commitment and its impact on willingness-to-pay a premium price

Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing

with Casidy

DOI

2025

The effect of brand alliances across dependent variables and research designs: A meta-analysis

Journal of Business Research

with Voss, Jung, & Jiménez

Equal contribution

DOI

2024

Development and validation of a service captivity scale

Journal of Service Research

with Rayburn, Makarem, Arnold, & Jackson

DOI

2023

Maximizing customer adoption outcomes in emerging industrial markets via supplier innovativeness and relationship quality

Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing

with Nyadzayo & Casidy

Equal contribution

DOI

2022

Integrating B2B and B2C research to explain industrial buyer behavior

Industrial Marketing Management

with Casidy & Nyadzayo

Editorial

DOI

2022

Leveraging consumer behavior research to forge new insights into B2B buyer behavior

Industrial Marketing Management

with Casidy, Thaichon, & Nyadzayo

Lead article in the issue

DOI

2022

Endorser gender and age effects in B2B advertising

Journal of Business Research

with Ferguson & Huhmann

DOI

2022

Another day, another chance: Daily workplace experiences and their impact on creativity

Journal of Product Innovation Management

with McKay & Reina

Media coverage: Bloomberg, Forbes, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Bloomberg TV

DOI

2021

Customer identification: The missing link between relationship quality and supplier performance

Industrial Marketing Management

with Nyadzayo & Casidy

Equal contribution

DOI

2020

Relationship factors and firm's willingness-to-pay: A comparison across east-west settings

Industrial Marketing Management

with Nyadzayo & Casidy

Equal contribution

DOI

2020

Use of celebrity and non-celebrity persons in B2B advertisements

Industrial Marketing Management

with Ferguson

DOI

2020

Service innovation and adoption in industrial markets: An SME perspective

Industrial Marketing Management

with Casidy & Nyadzayo

DOI

2019

Integrating reciprocity into a social exchange model of inter-firm B2B relationships

Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing

with Voss, Tanner, Lee, & Kim

DOI

2018

Perceived globalness and localness in B2B brands: A co-branding perspective

Industrial Marketing Management

with Brown, Sichtmann, & Schoefer

DOI

2018

The relative influence of functional versus imagery beliefs on brand sensitivity in B2B professional services

Industrial Marketing Management

with Casidy, Nyadzayo, & Brown

DOI

2018

Corporate brands as brand allies

Journal of Product & Brand Management

with Voss, Jiménez, & Gammoh

DOI

2017

Top management attention to trade shows and firm value

Journal of Business Research

with Brown & Boyd

DOI

2017

Consumer responses to functional, aesthetic, and symbolic product design

Journal of Business Research

with Candi, Jae, & Makarem

Equal contribution

DOI

2017

Service quality and acculturation: Advancing immigrant healthcare utilization

Journal of Services Marketing

with Davis & Rayburn

Equal contribution

DOI

2017

Brand skill: Linking brand functionality with consumer-based brand equity

Journal of Product & Brand Management

with Jiménez, Brown, & Cantrell

Media coverage: Forbes, The Aspen Institute

DOI

2017

Managerial disposition and front-end innovation success

Journal of Business Research

with Voss & Jiménez

DOI

2016

Corporate brand effects in brand alliances

Journal of Business Research

with Voss

DOI

2016

Good times, bad times: The stock market performance of firms that own high-value brands

European Journal of Marketing

with Voss

Lead article · 2017 Highly Commended Paper Award

DOI

Books, Chapters, and Proceedings

Scholarly Chapters

In Press — Innovation in marketing: Marketing innovation and more. Review of Marketing Research (with Kahn)

2022 — Exploring the influence of buyer personality traits on B2B advertising effectiveness. Advances in Business and Management (with Ferguson & Brown)

Conference Proceedings

32 refereed conference papers at venues including AMA, AMS World Marketing Congress, and PDMA Research Forum.

Service

Journal Service

Guest Editorship

Industrial Marketing Management: "Bridging the Nexus between B2B and B2C Research to Explain Industrial Buyer Behavior"

Editorial Review Boards

  • Journal of Business Research
  • Journal of Product Innovation Management
  • Industrial Marketing Management
  • European Journal of Marketing
  • Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing
  • Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice

Ad hoc Reviewing

  • Journal of Business Research
  • Journal of Product Innovation Management
  • Industrial Marketing Management
  • European Journal of Marketing
  • Journal of Strategic Marketing

Leadership

Centers & Labs

RVA Views

Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director

Established in 2020 and funded by a $50,000 Presidential Research Quest Fund Award. RVA Views serves as a research and service-oriented center housed in the School of Business.

Customer Experience Lab

Co-Director

Established in 2016 and features two Tobii X2-60 eye-tracking systems, two Shimmer3 wireless GSR devices, and several workstations for applied research projects.

Media

Press Mentions

Profiles

External Links