INFORMS Marketing Science 2011 – Day 2, 3, and Reflections

For a complete running commentary, see Dr. Dann’s twitter stream, or run a search for mktsci2011. A few points you might care about. The problem with communication flow between academia and industry is not an academic problem. They’re doing just fine, and it certainly appears as though the money is flowing. The problem is on [...]

Jun

11

INFORMS Marketing Science 2011 – Day 1

The INFORMS Marketing Science Conference is like woodstock for us people. I took in the second half of the MSI anniversary track. The MSI, or Marketing Science Institute, is a 50 year old institution. It’s at the nexus between business and marketing science academia. As a result, it has money and databases. Because it has [...]

Jun

09

Congrats to PostRank

Join me in congratulating Carol Leaman, Ilya Grigorik, and the PostRank Team for their acquisition by Google. They’re incredibly talented, work very hard, and I’ve been very pleased with what they’ve done for years. This is great for them, great for Google, and, if they’re able to be effective in their new environment, good for [...]

Jun

03