Mark DeFanti
Associate Professor
Education:
Ph.D. - Marketing Texas A&M University
Area(s) of Expertise:
Brand heritage, brand portfolio management, corporate name changes, corporate image and reputation, innovation in marketing education.
Selected Publications:
Alberti, B. Asgian, C. Caldwell, H. DeFanti, M. (2020) A Proposed Brand Portfolio Strategy for Nivea To Gain Competitive Advantage — A Case Study. Journal of Competitiveness Studies.
Alberti, B. DeFanti, M. (2019) In Franciso J. Martinez-Lopez, Juan Carlos Gazquez-Abad, Anne Roggeveen (Ed.), Investigating Private Labels’ Success Against National Brands in the Men’s Razor Category. (6), New York, NY: Springer
Chelminski, P. DeFanti, M. (2018) Leveraging Brand Heritage’s Effects on Consumers’ Attitudes and Intentions to Enhance Competitiveness. Journal of Competitiveness Studies.(26), 41-58.
Horne, D. Nickerson, D. DeFanti, M. (2015) Improving Supply Chain Efficiency through Electronic Payments. Journal of Marketing Channels.
DeFanti, M. Bird, D. Caldwell, H. (2014) Gucci's Use of a Borrowed Corporate Heritage to Establish a Global Luxury Brand. Competition Forum.(12), 45-56.
DeFanti, M. Bird, D. Caldwell, H. , . (2012) Consumer Perception of Luxury Fragrance Brand Advertising: Measuring the Relative Impact of Brand and Sub-Brand. Competition Forum.(10), 130-135.
Bird, D. DeFanti, M. Vaghi, J. Caldwell, H. (2010) Men's Luxury Watch Market: Sex Appeal and Status in Advertising. Competition Forum.(8), 148-152.
DeFanti, M. Caldwell, H. Bird, D. (2009) Assessing the Influence of Models, Bottles and Brands on Consumers’ Preference of Fragrances. Business Research Yearbook.(16), 73-80.
Selected Presentations:
DeFanti, M. Caloura, R. Marketing Management Association Fall Educators' Conference. Marketing Management Association, Kansas City, MO - "Using Integrated Marketing Plans to Improve Students' Critical Thinking, Quantitative Reasoning and Communication Skills" September, 2018
DeFanti, M. 4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Higher Education Advances, Valencia, Spain - "Introducing a Cross-Course Teaching Innovation to Enhance Group Project Performance" June, 2017
Chelminski, P. DeFanti, M. American Society for Competitiveness Conference . American Society for Competitiveness, Washington, D.C. - "Leveraging Brand Heritage’s Effects on Consumers’ Attitudes and Intentions to Enhance Competitiveness. Outstanding Paper Award" October, 2016
Chelminski, P. DeFanti, M. 4th International Consumer Brand Relationships Conference. Consumer Brand Relationships Association, Porto, Portugal - "The effects of brand heritage on consumers’ brand attitudes and purchase intentions" May, 2015
DeFanti, M. Bird, D. Caldwell, H. , . Conference on Historical Research in Marketing. Journal of Historical Research in Marketing, Copenhagen, Denmark - "Forever Now: Gucci's Use of a Partially Borrowed Heritage to Establish a Global Luxury Brand" , 2014
DeFanti, M. Bird, D. Caldwell, H. American Society for Competitiveness 25th Annual Conference. IUP, Washington, DC - "Gucci's Use of a Borrowed Corporate Heritage to Establish a Global Luxury Brand" October, 2014
DeFanti, M. MMA Fall Educators Conference. Marketing Management Association, San Antonio, TX - "Using the American Marketing Association Integrated Marketing Plan National Competition as a Teaching Tool" September, 2014
Bird, D. Caldwell, H. DeFanti, M. Conference on Historical Analysis & Research in Marketing (CHARM). Association for Historical Research in Marketing (AHRIM) , New York, NY - "A Fragrance to Empower Women: The History of Charlie" May, 2011
DeFanti, M. Cadwallader, S. AMA Summer Educators Conference . American Marketing Association, Chicago, IL - "The Effect of Customers’ Perceptions of a Change to a Dual-Purpose Corporate Name on a Firm’s Stock Price" July, 2003
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