James D. Hess
Professor of Business Administration

Department of Business Administration, College of Business

Degrees | Positions | Publications | Honors | Academic Service | Teaching/Research
Degrees
Ph.D. Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975
A.B. Economics, B.S.E. Electrical Engineering, Princeton, 1971.
Positions Held
At the University of Illinois since 1994. Visiting professor, Washington University, 1992-94. Professor, North Carolina State University, 1984-94. Visiting scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. Deutsche Bank Chair of Organization and Management, Koblenz School of Corporate Management-Germany, 1988-89. Associate professor, Claremont McKenna College, 1982-84. Assistant professor, University of Southern California, 1975-82.
Recent Publications

“Doing the Right Thing or Doing the Thing Right: Allocating Resources Between Marketing Research and Manufacturing,” with M. Lucas, Management Science (forthcoming 2003).
"Direct Marketing, Indirect Profits: A Strategic Analysis of Dual-Channel Supply Chain Design,” with W.K. Chiang, D. Chhajed, Management Science, Vol 49 (January 2003).
"Accounting Profits versus Marketing Profits: A Relevant Metric for Category Management," with Y. Chen, R. Wilcox, and F. J. Zhang, Marketing Science, Vol. 18 (September 1999). "Yes, 'Bait and Switch' Really Benefits Consumers," with E. Gerstner, Marketing Science, Vol. 17 (Fall 1998). "Dissatisfaction Management with Opportunistic Consumers," with W. Chu and E. Gerstner, Journal of Service Research, Vol. 1 (November 1998). "Modeling Merchandise Returns in Direct Marketing," with G. Mayhew, Journal of Direct Marketing, Vol. 11 (Spring 1997). "Controlling Product Returns in Direct Marketing," with E. Gerstner and W. Chu, Marketing Letters, Vol. 7 (October 1996). "Pull Promotions and Channel Coordination," with E. Gerstner, Marketing Science Vol. 14 (Winter 1995). "Costs and Benefits of Hard-Sell," with W. Chu and E. Gerstner, Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 32 (February 1995). "Price Discrimination through a Distribution Channel: Theory and Evidence," with E. Gerstner and D. Holthausen, American Economic Review, Vol. 84 (December 1994).

Honors and Awards
Finalist for the FedEx Excellence in Service Award: "Dissatisfaction Management with Opportunistic Consumers," 1999.
Academic Service
President, INFORMS College on Marketing, 2000-2002. Secretary-Treasurer, INFORMS College on Marketing Advisory Board, 1994-present. Editor of TIMS College on Marketing Newsletter. Area Editor of Marketing Science and Associate Editor of Journal of Retailing.
Teaching and Research
Teaching and research areas include theoretical marketing models, pricing and sales promotion, direct marketing, marketing research.
 

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