Arun Sharma
Academic Vita

Revised: October, 2007


Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D. (Marketing), 1988.

Indian Institute of Management, MBA, Calcutta, India, 1980.

Rajastan University, India, Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgy), 1978.


Academic Positions

University of Miami, School of Business, Vice Dean of Strategic Initiatives, Spring 2007 to present.

University of Miami, Chair and Professor of Marketing, Summer 2006 to present.

University of Miami, Professor of Marketing, Fall 2004 to Spring 2006.

University of Miami, Chair and Professor of Marketing, Summer 2000 to Summer 2004.

University of Miami, Associate Professor of Marketing, Summer 1994 to Spring 2000.

University of Miami, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Fall 1987 to Spring 1994.

 


Juried or Refereed Journal Articles

1.                  Grewal, Dhruv, Gopalkrishnan R. Iyer, Wagner A. Kamakura, Anuj Mehrotra and Arun Sharma.  “Evaluation of Global Operations: Combining Marketing Process and Marketing Outcome Performance Metrics,” forthcoming in Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science.

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2.                  Sheth, Jagdish N. and Arun Sharma, “The Impact of Transitioning from Products to Services in Business and Industrial Markets on the Evolution of the Sales Organization,” forthcoming in Industrial Marketing Management.

 

3.                  Raajpoot, Nusser, Arun Sharma and Jean-Charles Chebat “The Role of Gender and Work Status in Shopping Center Patronage,” Journal of Business Research, forthcoming.

 

4.                  Sharma, Arun, Gopalkrishnan R. Iyer and Nusser A. Raajpoot “A Framework for Offshoring Marketing Processes in Business-to-Business Marketing Relationships,” forthcoming in Industrial Marketing Management.

 

5.                  Sharma, Arun (2007), “The Shift in Sales Organizations in Business-to-Business Services Markets,” Journal of Services Marketing, 21, 5, 326-33.

 

6.                  Sheth, Jagdish N., and Arun Sharma (2007), “E-Services – A Framework for Growth,” Journal of Value Chain management, 1, 1/2, 7-12.

 

7.                  Sharma, Arun (2007), “Opportunities of International E-Services: A Conceptual Model,” Journal of Value Chain Management, 1, 1/2, 63-78.

 

8.                  Sharma, Arun (2007), “The Metrics of Relationships: Measuring Satisfaction, Loyalty, and Profitability of Relational Customers,” Journal of Relationship Marketing, 6, 2, 33-50.

 

9.                  Sharma, Arun, Michael Levy and Heiner Evanschitzky (2007), “The Variance in Sales Performance Explained by the Knowledge Structures of Salespeople: A Research Note,” Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, 27 , 2 (Spring), 169-81.

 

10.              Sharma, Arun and Anuj Mehrotra (2007), “Choosing an Optimal Channel Mix in Multichannel Environments,” Industrial Marketing Management, 36, 1 (January), 21-28.

 

11.              Sharma, Arun and Gopalkrishnan R. Iyer (2006), “Country Effects on CRM Success” Journal of Relationship Marketing, 5, 4, 63-78.

 

12.              Sheth, Jagdish N., and Arun Sharma (2006), “Surpluses and Shortages in B2B markets,” Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 21, 7, 422-27.

 

13.              Raajpoot, Nusser A., and Arun Sharma (2006), “Perceptions of Incompatibility in Customer-to-Customer Interactions: Examining Individual Level Differences,” Journal of Services Marketing, 20, 5, 324-32.

 

14.              Sheth, Jagdish N., and Arun Sharma (2006), “India as a Global Supplier of Products and Services: Expectations and Emerging Challenges,” Journal of Asia Pacific Business, 7, 3, 5-22.

 

15.              Iyer, Gopalkrishnan R., Arun Sharma and Heiner Evanschitzky (2006), “Global Marketing of Industrial Products: Are Interpersonal Relationships Always Critical?” Industrial Marketing Management, 35, 5 (July), 611-20.

 

16.              Sharma, Arun (2006), “Success Factors in Key Accounts,” Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 221, 3, 141-50.

 

17.              Iyer, Gopal, Peter LaPlaca and Arun Sharma (2006), “Innovation and New Product Introductions in Emerging Markets:  Strategic Recommendations for the Indian Market,” Industrial Marketing Management, 35, 3, 373-82.

 

18.              Iyer, Gopalkrishnan, Arun Sharma and David Bejou (2006), “Developing Relationship Equity in International Markets,” Journal of Relationship Marketing, 5, 1, 3-23.

 

19.              Sharma, Arun (2006), “Strategies for Maximizing Customer Equity of Low Lifetime Value Customers,” Journal of Relationship Marketing, 5, 1, 59-83.

 

20.              Sheth, Jagdish N., and Arun Sharma (2005), “International E-Marketing: Opportunities and Issues,” International Marketing Review, 22, 6, 611-22.

 

21.              Sharma, Arun and Peter LaPlaca (2005), “Marketing in the Emerging Era of Build-to-Order Manufacturing,” Industrial Marketing Management, 34, 5, 476-486.

 

22.              Iyer, Gopalkrishnan, Arun Sharma and David Bejou (2005), “Une Analyse du Processus Relationnel Sur Les Marchés Internationaux,” Revue Française du Marketing, 202, 2/5 (May), 99-116.

 

23.              Sharma, Arun, Gregory A. Rich and Michael Levy (2004), “Starting to Solve the Method Puzzle in Salesperson Self-Report Evaluations,” Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, 14, 2 (Spring), 135–139.

 

24.              Sharma, Arun and Jagdish N. Sheth (2004), “Web-Based Marketing: The Coming Revolution in Marketing Thought and Strategy,” Journal of Business Research, 57, 696-7-2.

 

25.              Sharma, Arun and Kishore Gopalakrishna Pillai (2003), “The Impact of Transactional and Relationship Strategies in Business Markets: An Agenda for Inquiry,” Industrial Marketing Management, 32 (December), 623-26.

 

26.              Pillai, Kishore Gopalakrishna and Arun Sharma (2003), “Mature Relationships: Why Does Relational Orientation Turn into Transaction Orientation?” Industrial Marketing Management, 32 (December), 643-51.

 

27.              Sharma, Arun (2003), “Are You Selecting the Right Key Accounts? Examining the Relationship between Account Sales and Profitability” The Journal of Selling and Major Account Management, (October), 29-39.

 

28.              Grewal, Dhruv, Gopalkrishnan R. Iyer, R. Krishnan, and Arun Sharma, (2003) “The Internet And The Price-Value-Loyalty Chain,” Journal of Business Research, 56 (5), 391-98.

 

29.              Sharma, Arun and Michael Levy (2003), “Salespeople’s Affect toward Customers: Why should it be Important for Retailers?” Journal of Business Research, 56 (7), 523-28.

 

30.              Pillai, Kishore Gopalakrishna and Arun Sharma (2003), “The Survival of Internet-Based B2B Exchanges: The Critical Role of Relationships,” Journal of Relationship Marketing, 2 Issue 3/4, 53-67.

 

31.              Ulaga, Wolfgang, Arun Sharma and R. Krishnan (2002), “Plant Location and Place Marketing: Understanding the Process from the Business Customer's Perspective,” Industrial Marketing Management, 31 (4), 393-401.

 

32.              Sharma, Arun and R. Krishnan (2002), “Clicks Only, Clicks and Bricks, and Bricks Only: Are Retail Salespeople an Important Factor in Choice?” Journal of Marketing Management, 18, No. 3-4 (April), 317-336.

 

33.              Sharma, Arun and Nikolaos Tzokas (2002), “Personal Selling and Sales Management in the Internet Environment: Lessons Learned,” Journal of Marketing Management, 18, No. 3-4 (April), 249-258.

 

34.              Sharma, Arun (2002), “Trends in Internet Based Business-to-Business Marketing,” Industrial Marketing Management, 31 (2), 77-84.

 

35.              Sharma, Arun (2001), “Consumer Decision-Making, Salespeople’s Adaptive Selling and Retail Performance,” Journal of Business Research, 54 (2), 125-29.

 

36.              Sheth, Jagdish N., and Arun Sharma (2001), “Efficacy of Financial Measures of Marketing: It Depends on Markets and Marketing Strategies” Journal of Targeting Measurement and Analysis, 9 (4), 341-56.

 

37.              Wolfgang Ulaga and Arun Sharma (2001), “Complex and Strategic Decision-making in Organizations: Implications for Personal Selling and Sales Management” Industrial Marketing Management 30 (5), 427-440.

 

38.              Sharma, Arun, R. Krishnan and Dhruv Grewal (2001), “Value Creation in Markets: A Critical Area of Focus for Business-to-Business Markets,” Industrial Marketing Management, 30 (4), 391-402.

 

39.              Sharma, Arun, Michael Levy and Ajith Kumar (2000), “Knowledge Structures of Salespeople as Antecedents of Retail Sales Performance: An Empirical Examination,” Journal of Retailing, 76 (1) Spring, 53-69.

 

40.              Sharma, Arun (2000), “Do Salespeople and Customers Understand Each Other? Surprising Results from Extant Research” The Journal of Selling and Major Account Management, (October), 29-39.

 

41.              Sharma, Arun and Thomas Stafford (2000), “The Effect of Retail Atmospherics on Customers’ Perceptions of Salespeople and Customer Persuasion: An Empirical Investigation,” Journal of Business Research, 49 (2) August, 183-92.

 

42.              Sheth, Jagdish N., Raj Sisodia, and Arun Sharma (2000), “The Antecedents and Consequences of Customer-Centric Marketing,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 28 (1) Winter, 55-66.

 

43.              Grewal, Dhruv, Michael Levy, Anuj Mehrotra and Arun Sharma (1999), “Planning Merchandising Decisions to Account for Regional and Product Assortment Differences,” Journal of Retailing, 75, 3, 405-24.

 

44.              Sharma, Arun, Nikolaos Tzokas, Michael Saren and Panagiotis Kyziridis (1999), “Antecedents and Consequences of Relationship Marketing: Insights from Business Service Salespeople,” Industrial Marketing Management, 28 (6), 601-12.

 

45.              Sharma, Arun (1999), “Does the Salesperson Like Customers?  A Conceptual and Empirical Examination of the Persuasive Effect of Perceptions of the Salesperson's Affect Toward Customers,” Psychology and Marketing, 16, 2, 141-62.

 

46.              Sharma, Arun (1997), “Who Prefers Key Account Management Programs? An Investigation of Business Buying Behavior and Buying Firm Characteristics,” Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, 17, 4, (Fall), 27-39.

 

47.              Sharma, Arun (1997), “Customer Satisfaction-Based Incentive Systems: Some Managerial and Salesperson Considerations,” Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, 17, 2 (Spring), 61-70.

 

48.              Sharma, Arun (1997), “Salesperson Attributes and the Customer-Salesperson Interaction: Implications for Relationship Marketing,” Research in Marketing, 13, 185-209.

 

49.              Sharma, Arun and Jagdish N. Sheth (1997), “Relationship Marketing: An Agenda for Inquiry,” Industrial Marketing Management, 26, 2, 87-89.

 

50.              Sheth, Jagdish N., and Arun Sharma (1997), “Supplier Relationships: Emerging Issues and Challenges,” Industrial Marketing Management, 26, 2, 91-100.

 

51.              Lambert, Douglas M., Arun Sharma, and Michael Levy (1997), “What Information Can Relationship Marketers Obtain from Customer Evaluations of Salespeople?,” Industrial Marketing Management, 26, 2, 177-88.

 


52.              Sharma, Arun (1996), “The Effect of Priming Cues in Sales Interactions: Additional Perspectives,” Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, 16, 2 (Spring), 49‑52.

 

53.              Grewal, Dhruv, Howard Marmorstein and Arun Sharma (1996), “Communicating Price Information through Semantic Cues: The Moderating Effects of Situation and Discount Size,” Journal of Consumer Research, 23 (September).

 

54.              Sharma, Arun and Rajnandini Pillai, (1996), “Customers' Decision-Making Styles and their Preference for Sales Strategies: Conceptual Examination and an Empirical Study,” The Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, 16, 1, 21-33.

 

55.              Sharma, Arun, and Michael Levy (1995), “Categorization of Customers by Retail Salespeople,” Journal of Retailing, 71, 1, 71-81.

 

56.              Sharma, Arun, Dhruv Grewal and Michael Levy (1995), “The Customer Satisfaction -- Logistics Interface,” Journal of Business Logistics, 16, 2, 1-22 -- Lead Article.

 

57.              Sharma, Arun and Dan Sarel (1995), “The Impact of Customer Satisfaction Based Incentive Systems on Salespeople's Customer Service Response: An Empirical Study,” The Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, 15, 3 (Summer), 1-12 -- Lead Article.

 

58.              Lassar, Walfried, Banwari Mittal and Arun Sharma (1995), “Measuring Customer Based Brand Equity,” Journal of Consumer Marketing, 12, 4, 11-19.

 

59.              Sharma, Arun (1994), “Organizational Culture and Adoption of High-Technology Products,” Journal of Marketing Management, Vol. 10, 513-26.

 

60.              Sharma, Arun, and Douglas M. Lambert (1994), “How Accurate Are Salespersons' Perceptions of Their Customers?,” Industrial Marketing Management, 23, 357-65.

 

61.              Levy, Michael, and Arun Sharma (1994), “Adaptive Selling: The Role of Gender, Age, Sales Experience and Education,” Journal of Business Research, Vol. 31, 1, 39-47.

 

62.              Levy, Michael, and Arun Sharma (1993), “Relationships Among Measures of Retail Salesperson Performance,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Vol. 21, No. 3, 231-38.

 

63.              Sharma, Arun, and Luis V. Dominguez (1992), “Channel Evolution: A Framework for Analysis,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Vol. 20, No. 1, 1-15. -- Lead Article, Finalist for Sheth Award for Best Paper.

 


64.              Sharma, Arun, and Douglas M. Lambert (1991), “Using Salespeople to Collect Customer Service Information,” International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Vol. 21, No. 6, 27-31. -- Reprinted in a Compendium of Research in Customer Service, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Vol. 24, No. 4, 1994, 50-58.

 

65.              Grewal, Dhruv, and Arun Sharma (1991), “The Effect of Salesforce Behavior on Customer Satisfaction: An Interactive Framework,” The Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer, 13-22. -- Abstract published in The Selling Advantage, Volume 4, May 1992, Bryn Mawr, PA: Progressive Business Publications, 1-2.

 

66.              Sharma, Arun (1990), “The Persuasive Effect of Salesperson Credibility: Conceptual and Empirical Examination,” The Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, Vol. 10, No. 4, Fall, 71-80.

 

67.              Lambert, Douglas M., Howard Marmorstein, and Arun Sharma (1990), “Industrial Salespeople as a Source of Market Information,” Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 19, No. 2, May, 141-48. -- Abstract published in Agri Marketing, Volume 28, Number 10, November/December 1990, Niles, IL: Century Communications Inc., 10.

 

68.              Lambert, Douglas M., and Arun Sharma (1990), “A Customer-based Competitive Analysis for Logistics Decisions,” International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Vol. 20, No. 1, 17-24.

 

69.              Sharma, Arun, and Douglas M. Lambert (1990), “Segmentation of Markets Based on Customer Service,” International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Vol. 20, No. 7, 19-27.

 

70.              Lambert, Douglas M., Howard Marmorstein, and Arun Sharma (1990), “The Accuracy of Salespersons' Perceptions of their Customers: Conceptual Examination and an Empirical Study,” The Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, Vol. 10, No.1, Winter, 1-9 - Lead Article.


Other Works, Publications and Abstracts

Book Chapters

 

1.                  Sheth, Jagdish N. and Arun Sharma (2007), “Relationship Management,” in Handbook of Global Supply Chain Management, in John T. Mentzer, Matthew B. Meyers and Theodore P. Stank (eds), Sage, 361-70.

 

2.                  Sheth, Jagdish N. and Arun Sharma (2007), “Evolution of the Sales Force in a Global Economy” in Olaf Plotner and Robert E. Spekman (eds.), Bringing Technology to Market, Wiley, 77-86.

 

3.                  Iyer, Gopalkrishnan, Arun Sharma and David Bejou (2006), “Developing Relationship Equity in International Markets,” in Davi