Vrinda Kadiyali

Associate Professor of Marketing and Economics
385 Sage Hall,
Ithaca  NY 14853
Ph. 607.255.1985 (Office)
Fax 607.254.4590

Email: kadiyali@cornell.edu

 

 

 

 

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VRINDA KADIYALI

Johnson Graduate School of Management

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853-6201

kadiyali@cornell.edu

www.johnson.cornell.edu/faculty/kadiyali

607-255-1985 (O)               607-254-4590 (fax)

January 2002

                                                                                               

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 

Ph.D. (Economics), 1994  Dept. of Economics, Northwestern University

M.A.(Economics), 1987      Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India

B.A. (Economics), 1985     Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi, India

 

 

EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND

 

2000 -now    Associate Professor of Marketing and Economics, JGSM,

                       Cornell University

1994-2000    Assistant Professor of Marketing and Economics, JGSM,

                        Cornell University

1993-1994    Acting Assistant Professor of Marketing and Economics, JGSM

                  Cornell University

                                                             1991-1993    Research Assistant, Northwestern University

                                                             1991               Summer College Lecturer, University College, Northwestern University

                                                             1989-1991    Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University

                                                             1987-1988     Lecturer, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

 

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

2001                       Marketing Science Institute Young Scholars Consortium

1999                       American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortium Faculty

                                Fellow

1998                       Business Week's list of best faculty at JGSM, Cornell University

1997-1998            Whitcomb Faculty Fellowship, JGSM, Cornell University

1992-1993            Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research Fellowship, Northwestern

                                University

 

RESEARCH

 

A. Primary Research Interests

 

Empirical game theory

Modeling and estimating manufacturer-to-manufacturer competitive marketing decisions

Modeling and estimating channel decision making, and retail competition

Demand- and supply-equilibrium analysis using “new empirical industrial organization” tools

Dynamics of competitive marketing decisions


B. Refereed Publications

 

“Structural Analysis of Competitive Behavior: New Empirical Industrial Organization Methods in Marketing” (with K.Sudhir and V.Rao), International Journal of Research in Marketing, Special Issue on Competition, 2001

 

“Power in Manufacturer-retailer Interactions: An Empirical Investigation of Pricing in a Local Market” (with P. Chintagunta and N. Vilcassim), Marketing Science, 2000

 

"Investigating Dynamic Multifirm Market Interactions in Pricing and Advertising" (with N. Vilcassim and P. Chintagunta), Management Science, April 1999.

 

"Product Line Extensions and Competitive Market Interactions: An Empirical Analysis" (with N. Vilcassim and P. Chintagunta), Journal of Econometrics, 1999 (Vol 89, Number 2), 339-369

 

"Exchange Rate Pass-through and Market Structure: The Case of the U.S. Photographic Film Industry," Journal of International Economics, Dec 96, Volume 43, issue 3-4, pages 437-461

 

"Empirical Analysis of Intertemporal Competitive Product Line Pricing Decisions: Lead, Follow or Move Together?" (with N. Vilcassim and P. Chintagunta), Journal of Business, October 1996.

 

"Entry, Its Deterrence and Its Accommodation: A Study of the U.S. Photographic Film Industry," Rand Journal of Economics, Fall 1996.  Reprinted in The Economics of Advertising, ed. by K. Bagwell, Edward Elgar Publications, UK.

 

C. Other Publications

"Eastman Kodak in the Photographic Film Industry: Picture Imperfect?," in “Market Dominance: How Firms Gain, Hold or Lose it and the Impact on Economic Performance,” ed. by D. Rosenbaum. Greenwood Publishing Group, June 1998.

 

D. Papers Under Review

"Investigating the Dynamics of Competitive Behavior" (with Sudhir Karunakaran, and Pradeep Chintagunta)

 

"An Empirical Analysis of Competitive Pricing in a Multi-Brand, Multi-Retailer Product Market" (with Sachin Gupta)

 

“Exaggeration, Understatement and Truth in Advertising Claims: An Experimental Game-theoretic Study” (with R. Bloomfield)

 

 "Competitive Pricing and Advertising in the Photo Film Industry 1987-98: An Empirical Study of the Implications of Strategic Marketing Decisions for Public Policy”

 

“Determinants and Effects of Price Expectations in Retail Competition: An Econometric Analysis” (with Ramya Neelamegham)

 

“Entry, Exit and Excess Capacity in the Texas Lodging Industry” (with M. Conlin)

 

“Capacity and Collusion: An Empirical Study of the Texas Lodging Industry” (with M. Conlin)

 

E. Research in Progress

 “Product Line Competition: A Study of Entry in the Texas Lodging Industry” (with Sachin Gupta and Sriram Venkataraman)

 

"Early and Late Entrant Solutions to Chicken-and-Egg in the U.S. Credit Card Industry"

 

F. Invited Presentations

University of Florida-Gainsville Winter Marketing Camp, March 2001

Marketing Science Institute (MSI) Young Scholars Program, Utah, January 2001

American Marketing Association (AMA) Doctoral Consortium, August 1999

National Bureau of Economic Search (NBER) Summer I.O Conference, August 1999

Marketing Department, Wharton School, April 1999

Department of Economics, Cornell University, December 1998

Marketing Department, University of Rochester, November, 1998

Marketing Department, Tuck School, Dartmouth College, February 1998

Marketing Department, University of Chicago, March 1997

Marketing Department, Washington University at St. Louis, February 1997

Marketing Department, Carnegie-Mellon University, October 1996

Department of Economics, Stern School of Business, NYU, May 1995

Department of Economics, Cornell University, October 1994

Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Cruz, October 1994

Department of Economics, University of Rochester, September 1994

 

G. Conference Presentations

INFORMS, Philadelphia, November 1999

Cornell-Rochester Applied Micro Summer Camp, June 1997

Marketing Science Conference, Berkeley, March 1997

Northeast Marketing Symposium, MIT, September 1996

BCRST Annual Marketing Conference, Cornell University, May 1996

Marketing Science Conference, Gainesville, March 1996

Discussant at the American Economic Association Meetings, San Francisco, January 1996

American Economic Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, January 1996

Discussant for a paper at the Northeast Marketing Symposium, Yale University, October 1995

Northeast Marketing Symposium, Cornell University, October 1994

ORSA-TIMS Conference, Anchorage, June 1994

MSI Conference on Pricing Decision Models, Boston, April 1994

Marketing Science Conference, Tucson, March 1994

ORSA-TIMS Conference, Phoenix, November 1993

Scanner Panel Data Conference, Toronto, September 1993

 


TEACHING

A. Primary Areas of Interest

 

Competitive strategy

Competitive and marketing issues on the internet

Channels of distribution

Marketing models

 

B. Courses Taught

 

Executive Education: Strategies for E-Commerce (2000) and Competitive Marketing Strategy (1999, 2000)

Executive MBA,  Strategy Core (2000)

MBA, Strategy Core (1999-2001)

MBA, Internet Marketing (1998-2000)  (co-taught with V.Rao and D.Stayman)

MBA, E-Business Intensive (2000) (co-taught with V. Rao and D. Stayman)

MBA, Competitive Decision Making (1994-1999)

MBA, Channels of Distribution (1994-1998)

MBA, Marketing Models (1996)

Ph.D., Empirical Industrial Organization Methods for Marketing (1994)

                                               

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

 

A. Editorial

 

Editorial Board Member of Marketing Science

 

 

Ad-hoc Reviewer for:

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Journal of Business

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Journal of Econometrics

Journal of International Economics

Journal of Marketing Research

Management Science

Marketing Science Institute (proposals for grants and awards)

National Science Foundation

Rand Journal of Economics

 


B. Doctoral/ Masters’ Committees:

 

Sriram Venkataraman, Management (Marketing), degree expected 2003

Natasha Zhang, Management (Marketing), degree expected 2003

Jeremy Dunn, Policy Analysis and Management (Ph.D.), degree expected 2002

Abigail Wheeler, Policy Analysis and Management (Ph.D.), 2000

Ed Rogers, Industrial and Labor Relations (Ph.D.), 2000

Sudhir Karunakaran, Management (Marketing) (Ph.D.), degree 1998

Cristi Gleason, Management (Accounting) (Ph.D.), degree 1998

Medinah Ali, Agricultural and Resource Management and Economics (Masters degree), 1997

 

 

C. Administrative Committees:

 

Economics Search Committee, Spring 2001

Marketing Search for ARME, Fall 2000

Technology Club, Faculty Advisor, 2000-2001

Marketing Search Committee, Fall ‘98, Fall '99

Economics Search Committee, Spring ’97 and Spring ‘98, Fall '99-Spring '00

Diversity Task Force, Fall ‘98 and Spring '99

TMO Case Workshop for Consulting, Summer ’98

Applied Microeconomics Workshop Administration, Fall ’97 and Spring ‘98

Faculty Advisor, Marketing Association, 1996-97 Academic Year

Consulting Club “How to do a Case” Workshop, Fall ’97

Faculty leader for Student intersession trip to Japan and Hong Kong, January '97