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Sridhar Moorthy

Sridhar Moorthy

Manny Rotman Chair in Marketing
Professor of Marketing

Degrees:

PhD, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
MS in Statistics, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
MBA, College of Business Administration, Kansas State University
BSc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Delhi

Bio

Sridhar Moorthy is Professor and Manny Rotman Chair in Marketing. He is also a Senior Consultant at CRA (Charles River Associates). Professor Moorthy's expertise is in bringing economic perspectives to bear on marketing problems. His current research focuses on strategic issues in advertising, branding, product differentiation, retailing, and digital marketing. He is an Associate Editor of Management Science, and sits on the Advisory Board of Quantitative Marketing and Economics (which he co-edited from 2010-2013). He is coauthor of the textbook Marketing Models (Prentice Hall). Moorthy has served as a Vice President (Education) of the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science, and provided expert testimony in a number of legal cases. In 2021 he was elected Fellow of the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science.

Academic Positions

  • 1998-Present

    Manny Rotman Chair in Marketing, Rotman School of Management

  • 1997-1998

    Visiting Associate Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

  • 1990-1997

    Associate Professor of Marketing and Area Coordinator, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester

  • 1984-1990

    Assistant, then Associate Professor of Marketing, Yale School of Management, Yale University

  • 1990

    Visiting Associate Professor, The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA

  • 1988

    Visiting Associate Professor, INSEAD, France

  • 1982-1984

    Assistant Professor of Marketing, Graduate School of Management, University of Rochester

Non-Academic Positions

  • 2000-Present

    Senior Consultant, CRA (Charles River Associates)

  • 2006-2010

    Vice President, Education, INFORMS Society for Marketing Science

Selected Publications - Papers

Selected Publications - Books and Chapters

  • The Economics and Brands and Branding

    B. Bronnenberg, J-P. Dube, and S. Moorthy

    Handbook of the Economics of Marketing

    Issue:1

    2019

    Pages: 291-358

  • Market Segmentation

    S. Moorthy

    The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management

    2016

  • Marketing Applications of Game Theory

    in Game Theory and Business Applications 2nd Edition; K. Chatterjee and W. Samuelson (eds.). New York: Springer

    2013

  • Brand Extension Strategy: An Integrative Framework

    in Flux: What Marketing Managers Need to Know to Navigate the New Environment, D. Soberman and D. Soman (eds). Toronto: University of Toronto Press

    2012

  • Competitive Marketing Strategies: Game-Theoretic Models

    in Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science: Marketing, Josh Eliashberg and Gary Lilien (editors). Amsterdam: North-Holland

    1993

  • Marketing Models

    (with P. Kotler and G. Lilien)

    New Jersey: Prentice Hall

    Issue:Englewood Cliffs

    1992

Research and Teaching Interests

My current research focuses on issues in branding (e.g., how brand extensions work), distribution channels (e.g., multi-brand versus single-brand retailing), consumer search (how marketing strategies respond to consumer search costs), and advertising (exogenous versus endogenous targeting). In previous work I have studied market segmentation, product differentiation, and money-back guarantees. I currently teach Statistics for Management in the MBA program, and Analytics in Management and Analytics for Marketing Strategy in the Master of Management Analytics program.

Honors and Awards

  • 2021

    ISMS Fellow, INFORMS Society for Marketing Science

  • 2018

    Finalist, John D. C. Little Award, Best Marketing Paper published in Marketing Science or Management Science, INFORMS Society for Marketing Science

  • 2017-2022

    Principal Investigator, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Award

  • 2013

    Finalist, Long Term Impact Award, INFORMS Society for Marketing Science

  • 2006

    Roger Martin and Nancy Lang Award for Excellence in Research, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

  • 2005

    Finalist, John D. C. Little Award, Best Marketing Paper published in Marketing Science or Management Science, INFORMS Society for Marketing Science

  • 1999

    Professor of the Year, MBA Class of 1999, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

  • 1982

    Winner, George E. Nicholson, Jr. Student Paper Competition, Operations Research Society of America