Modeling coexisting business scenarios with time-series panel data: A dynamics-based segmentation approach
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Author(s)
Sismeiro, C
Mizik, N
Bucklin, RE
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
At a given point in time, individual consumers may be in different stages of the product adoption or consumption cycle. As a result, different types of behavioral patterns may coexist within a single product market. Existing segmentation approaches typically do not address long-term dynamics in customer response and do not adequately capture this phenomenon. We develop an approach for modeling the coexistence of multiple dynamic behavioral patterns (business scenarios) within a single product market. We apply this approach to physician panel data on drug prescriptions and direct-to-physician promotions. We find markedly different responses across physician segments. For firms that track customer-level marketing activity and sales over time, market segmentation based on dynamic scenarios can provide a new tool for efficient targeting. The proposed approach is straightforward to implement and is scalable to very large samples and continuous testing.
Date Issued
2012
Citation
International Journal of Research in Marketing, 2012, 29 (2)
ISSN
0167-8116
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
134
End Page
147
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Research in Marketing
Volume
29
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Journal of Research in Marketing. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Journal of Research in Marketing, 29(2), 2012. DOI:10.1016/j.ijresmar.2011.08.005
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Publication Status
Accepted