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University of Colorado Denver Business School, offering Bachelor, MBA, MS, and PhD degrees

Business School, University of Colorado Denver
 

Madhavan Parthasarathy

Associate Professor of Marketing
Madhavan Parthasarathy
 

My goal is to provide a well-balanced yet challenging educational experience to students. In addition to a solid conceptual foundation, I bring in high-profile and experienced guest speakers, involve students with real-world case studies, and organize projects that students often conduct for local companies. I also try to organize and encourage students to participate in networking events and other activities that make them more marketable to prospective employers. Finally, I try to make the educational process an enjoyable experience for students because I firmly believe that one learns best when one is immersed in the subject matter.

My areas of teaching specialization are: New Product Development, Internet Marketing, and Marketing Research and Marketing Management.

In addition I have taught the following courses: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship, Marketing a New Business, International Marketing, Retailing Management, Promotional Strategy, Consumer Behavior, and Principles of Marketing.

Research Interests

  • Diffusion of products
  • Service switching
  • Macromarketing issues
  • International market entry strategies

Other Projects

NAPM project

This is a large-scale project that monitors the Colorado manufacturing economy, similar to Purchasing ManagersThe preparation for this project, including organizing the databases, writing computer programs and organizing trial runs took all of 1997, and the project became a reality in early 1998. Since then, it has been conducted every month.

The project involves emailing over 600 questionnaires every month, collecting data, coding data, running the computational analysis, organizing the results, and writing a commentary to be sent to the Denver Business Journal. Further, once every two to three months, I visit the local NAPM conference, and I sometimes, with the assistance of student volunteers, promote the university and the project at the conference and try my utmost to increase response rates. I am solely and completely responsible for data collection and the results.

Non-manufacturing project

Since Colorado is a largely service economy the local PMI reflects only a small part of the overall Front Range economy. In summer 2002, I began work on the non-manufacturing index, which now also gets published monthly in the Denver Business Journal. This project is almost identical in procedure and complexity to the NAPM project mentioned above; however, since the Colorado economy is primarily service-based in nature, it is likely to assume a more important role. The data collection procedure is also as elaborate and time consuming as the NAPM project. This project too was converted to the online platform in 2009.

Education

PhD, Marketing, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska

Journal Articles Published/Accepted for Publication:

  • Sibona, Christopher, Steven Walczak, Jon Brickley and Madhavan Parthasarathy (forthcoming), “Patient Perceptions of Electronic Medical Records: Physician Satisfaction, Portability, Security and Quality of Care,” International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan, MaryLee Stansifer and Rajeev Kumra (forthcoming), “A Longitudinal Exploratory Study of Changing Perceptions Toward an Iconic Brand in a Developing Country,” Journal of Indian Business Research.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan and David Forlani (forthcoming), “"Do satisfied customers bad-mouth innovative products?” Psychology and Marketing.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan and Marlene Smith (2009), “Valuing the Institution: An Expanded List of Factors Influencing Faculty Adoption of Online Education,” Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, Volume XII, Number II, Summer 2009.
  • Forlani, David, Madhavan Parthasarathy and Susan Keaveney (2008), “Managerial Risk Perceptions of International Entry Mode Strategies: The Interaction Effect of Control and Capability,” International Marketing Review, 25 (3), 292-311.
  • Walczak, Steven and Madhavan Parthasarathy (2006), "Modeling Online Service Discontinuation with Nonparametric Agents," Information Systems and e-Business, Management," v4 (1), 49-70. Published online August 12, 2005.
  • Forlani, David and Madhavan Parthasarathy (2003), "Dynamic Market Definition: An International Marketing Perspective," International Marketing Review, 20(2), 142-160.
  • Keaveney, Susan and Madhavan Parthasarathy (2001), "Predicting Customer Switching Behavior in Online Services: An Exploratory Study of Selected Characteristics of Continuers vs. Switchers," Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 29(4), 374-390
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan and Anol Bhattacherjee (1998), "Understanding Post-Adoption Behavior in the Context of Online Services," Information Systems Research, December, 9(4), 362-379.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan and Ravipreet S. Sohi (1997), "Sales Force Automation and the Adoption of Technological Innovations by Salespeople: Theory and Implications," Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 12 (3/4), 196-208.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan, Sunkyu Jun, and Robert A. Mittelstaedt (1997), "Multiple Diffusion and Multi-Cultural Aggregate Social Systems," International Marketing Review, 14(4), 345-361.
  • Rittenburg, Terri L., and Madhavan Parthasarathy (1997), "Implications of Target Market Selection," Journal of Macromarketing, Fall, 49-64.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan, Ravipreet S. Sohi, and Ronald D. Hampton (1994), "Dual Diffusion: Analysis and Implications for Sales Force Management," Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, Summer 1994, 2(3), 1-14.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan, Terri L. Rittenburg, and A. Dwayne Ball (1995), "A Re-evaluation of the Product Innovation-Decision Process: The Implications for Product Management," Journal of Product and Brand Management, 4 (4), 35-47.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations:

  • (Please note that Advances in Consumer Research and the proceedings of the American Marketing Association (AMA) Educators’ Conferences have been rated and ranked as journals.)
  • Sibona Christopher, Jon Brickley, Steve Walczak, and Madhavan Parthasarathy (2009), “Patient perceptions of electronic medical records,” proceedings of the 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
  • Terri L. Rittenburg, Sean R. Valentine, and Madhavan Parthasarathy (2006), “Ethical Implications of Target Market Selection Revisited” 31st Annual Macromarketing Conference Proceedings.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan, Terri L. Rittenburg, and Robert A. Mittelstaedt (1995), "The Role of Diffusion of Innovations in Economic Development: A Theoretical Analysis," AMA Educators' Conference Proceedings, American Marketing Association, Chicago, IL. (A version of this paper was also presented at the 1998 Macromarketing conference.)
  • Witte, Carl, Madhavan Parthasarathy, and James W. Gentry (1995), "Subliminal Perception and Persuasion: A Re-examination of the Basic Issues," AMA Educators' Conference Proceedings, American Marketing Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan, Robert A. Mittelstaedt, and Sunkyu Jun (1994), "Multiple Diffusion and Multi-Cultural Aggregate Social Systems," AMA Winter Educators' Conference Proceedings, American Marketing Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan, Terri L. Rittenburg, and A. Dwayne Ball (1994), "Product Adoption Behavior and the Theory of Reasoned Action: A Synthesis," AMA Winter Educators' Conference Proceedings, American Marketing Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan and Ronald D. Hampton (1994), "Optimum Retail Structure and Stage of Economic Development: A Reassessment," paper presented at the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Conference.
  • Subramanian, Suresh, Madhavan Parthasarathy, and Robert A. Mittelstaedt (1994), "Innovators and Imitators: Understanding the Nature of the Aggregative Adoption Process," Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Macromarketing Conference, Boulder, Colorado.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan and Robert A. Mittelstaedt (1994), "Illegal Adoption of a New Product: A Model of Software Piracy Behavior," Advances in Consumer Research, 22, 693-698.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan and Ronald D. Hampton (1993), "The Role of Piracy in the Diffusion of a Software Product: A Propositional Framework," AMA Winter Educators' Conference Proceedings, American Marketing Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Parthasarathy, Madhavan, Robert A. Mittelstaedt, and Ronald D. Hampton (1993), "The Impact of Counterfeiting on Retailing: A Theoretical Analysis," Proceedings of the 1993 Retail Patronage Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University.
  • Rittenburg, Terri L. and Madhavan Parthasarathy (1993), "Implications of Target Market Selection: A Proposed Framework for Developing Strategies From a Macromarketing Perspective," Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Macromarketing Conference.
  • Grossbart, Sanford L. and Madhavan Parthasarathy (1993), "The Myth and Reality of the Global Village: Aggregating and Disaggregating Effects of Communication Technology," Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Macromarketing Conference.
  • Subramanian, Suresh and Madhavan Parthasarathy (1993), "Adoption Behavior and the Diffusion Process: A Macromarketing Approach," Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Macromarketing Conference.

Work in Progress:

  • “Discontinuance of Products by Consumers: Its Causes and Consequences”.” A draft of the paper has been written; currently it is in peer review.
  • “Diffusion, Discontinuance, and Product Adoption in Transient Economies.” Draft completed, being revised.
  • “Organizational Switching: An Empirical Study,” with David Forlani. Data collection complete.
  • “A longitudinal study of changing consumer perceptions of American products in Costa Rica” with Mary-Lee Stansifer. Data collection complete. Currently being written. Deadline to submit Spring semester 2010.
  • "Identifying Reasons for Customer Switching of Internet Services: An Exploratory Study," with David Forlani and Susan Keaveney. Conceptual stages.
  • “The Adoption of Pirated Music by Consumers in Three Continents,” data collection is complete in U.S. and India. Awaiting European data. Conceptual model has been developed.
  • “Consumer Motives for Switching Telephone and Banking Services,” (with Rajiv Kumra, Indian Institute of Management). Conceptual stages.