Publications

May 2021
Teaching Note

American Airlines' Value Pricing (Abridged)

By: Sunil Gupta and Alvin J. Silk

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-019. View Details

Keywords: Consumer Marketing; Market Segmentation; Pricing; Pricing Strategy; Demand Analysis; Competition; Marketing; Segmentation; Price; Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Analysis; Air Transportation Industry

June 2020
Supplement

The New York Times Paywall Update (C)

By: Sunil Gupta and D. L. Spar

September 2017
Teaching Note

Marketing Transformation at Mastercard

By: Sunil Gupta and Srinivas K. Reddy

Teaching Note for HBS No. 517-040. View Details

Keywords: Mastercard; Financial Services; Ingredient Brand; B2B2C; Experiential Marketing; Digital Marketing; ROI; Marketing; Customer Focus and Relationships; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Brands and Branding; Internet and the Web; Investment Return; Financial Services Industry

Article

Case Study: Can Retailers Win Back Shoppers Who Browse then Buy Online?

By: Thales S. Teixeira and Sunil Gupta

This case study discusses the options that brick-and-mortar retailers can use to combat the negative consequences of 'showrooming.' View Details

Keywords: Showrooming; E-commerce; Retail Industry

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September 1989
Article

PACM: A Two Stage Procedure for Analyzing Structural Models

By: Donald R. Lehmann and Sunil Gupta

Keywords: Organizational Structure

November 2008
Article

What Is a Free Customer Worth?

By: Sunil Gupta and Carl F. Mela

Keywords: Customers

1999
Article

Commercial Use of UPC Scanner Data: Industry and Academic Perspectives

By: Randolph E. Bucklin and Sunil Gupta

Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Information Technology; Perspective; Education; Supply and Industry

October 2006
Article

Customer Lifetime Value and Firm Valuation

By: Sunil Gupta and Donald R. Lehmann

Keywords: Customers; Value; Business Ventures; Valuation

summer 1991
Article

Estimating Heterogeneity in Consumers' Purchase Rates

By: Sunil Gupta and Donald G. Morrison

Keywords: Customers; Sales

Article

The Discounting of Discounts and Promotion Thresholds

By: Sunil Gupta and Lee G. Cooper

Keywords: Product Marketing

1996
Article

A Segment-Level Model of Category Volume and Brand Choice

By: William R. Dillon and Sunil Gupta

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Decision Choices and Conditions; Segmentation; Volume

November 20, 2000
Article

Untangling the Value of Web Companies

By: Sunil Gupta and Donald R. Lehmann

Keywords: Value; Internet and the Web; Business Ventures

2008
Working Paper

Allocating Marketing Resources

By: Sunil Gupta and Thomas J. Steenburgh

Marketing is essential for the organic growth of a company. Not surprisingly, firms spend billions of dollars on marketing. Given these large investments, marketing managers have the responsibility to optimally allocate these resources and demonstrate that these... View Details

Keywords: Investment Return; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Mathematical Methods

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2008
Chapter

Allocating Marketing Resources

By: Sunil Gupta and Thomas J. Steenburgh

Companies spend billions of dollars on marketing every year because it is essential to organic growth. Given these large investments, marketing managers have the responsibility to optimally allocate resources and to demonstrate that their investments generate... View Details

Keywords: Investment Return; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Mathematical Methods