This Ph.D. course reviews the marketing literature from primarily the Journal of Marketing. The plan is to read and discuss all the articles. The articles are listed below. Each seminar participant will lead the discussion of an article every seminar meeting. Articles will be assigned during the first class of the semester. In preparation for each class, participants should be ready to discuss all articles in depth, regardless of if the participant is presenting the article or not. Summaries of the articles should be posted on the BBL class website.

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This course will explore teaching fundamentals and teaching philosophy to prepare future educators. Students who complete this course will have a strong foundation of various teaching tools and techniques.

Introduction to basic issues in research design; emphasis on methods allowing inference of cause-and-effect relationships.

Theories and empirical applications of organizational behavior in contemporary research. Topics include motivations, organizational justice, attitudes, leadership, and groups. Participants critically analyze and research theoretical articles on current issues. Focus on building knowledge and research skills.

Examines classic and contemporary texts in management commonly considered pioneering works. Participants read and critically evaluate the books to gain understanding of their importance in shaping the organization studies field.

This course develops skills in prescriptive analytics for business process modeling and optimization. It examines systems where scarce resources must be allocated in a manner that furthers the goal of the decision-maker. It focuses on model building using linear and mixed-integer programming for applications arising in production, logistics, supply chain management, and finance, among others. Innovative modeling techniques, the use of state-of-the-art commercial solvers, and insights into specially-structured models are explored in the context of business and engineering applications.

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