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PIERRE CHANDON

 

 

Last Update: 08 December 2006

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

Professor Pierre Chandon's resumé is available as an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) document.

 

Research Interests

  • Biases in magnitude estimation

  • Obesity and food consumption decisions

  • Point-of-purchase decision making

  • Measurement effects in survey research

 

Teaching Interests

  • Brand management

  • Marketing management

  • Pricing and sales promotions

 

Awards and Honors

 

2006
2005 MSI/H. Paul Root Award (honorable mention) for the article “Do Intentions Really Predict Behavior? Self-Generated Validity Effects in Survey Research,” which appeared
in the April 2005 (Vol. 69, No. 2) issue of Journal of Marketing (written with Vicki Morwitz and Werner Reinartz).

2005
Winner, EFMD Case Writing Competition, for the case “Unilever in Brazil: Marketing
Strategies for Low-Income Consumers”.

2003
Stellner Distinguished Scholar Award, Stellner Distinguished Speaker Series,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Feb 21, 2003.

1998
Best Ph.D. Dissertation (awarded every two years, among all HEC dissertations)

 

1996
AMA Doctoral Consortium Fellow, University of Colorado, Boulder.
 

1996
DEA thesis awarded second prize in the 7th Sales Promotion Challenge organized by the
 French Association of Advertising and Promotion Agencies (AACC), Paris
.


1996

Scholarship from the Fondation Nationale pour l'Enseignement de la Gestion des
Entreprises (FNEGE).

 

 

Working Papers

Chandon, Pierre, Vicki G. Morwitz, Ronn J. Smith, Eric R. Spangenberg, and David E. Sprott (2007), "When Does the Past Repeat Itself? The Role of Self-Prediction and Norms," INSEAD Working paper 2007/07/MKT, submitted to Journal of Consumer Research.

Chandon, Pierre (2002), "Do We Know What We Look at?  An Eye-Tracking Study of Visual Attention and Memory for Brands at the Point of Purchase", INSEAD Working Paper 2002/60/MKT, (in preparation for submission to Journal of Consumer Research). See abstract in INSEAD Knowledge. 

 

 

Publications in refereed journals  

Chandon, Pierre and Brian Wansink (2007), "The Biasing Health Halos of Fast Food Restaurant Health Claims:  Lower Calorie Estimates and Higher Side-Dish Consumption Intentions," Journal of Consumer Research, Forthcoming.  

- Featured in the Toronto Star

 Chandon, Pierre and Brian Wansink (2007), “Is Obesity Caused by Calorie Underestimation? A Psychophysical Model of Fast-Food Meal Size Estimation,” Journal of Marketing Research, forthcoming (February). See abstract in INSEAD Knowledge. 
 

Wansink, Brian and Pierre Chandon (2006), “Can ‘Low Fat’ Nutrition Labels Lead to Obesity?”, Journal of Marketing Research, 43 (4), 605-617. 

- Cited by The Economist (as one of two significant noteworthy studies published that month)

- Cited in USA Today

- Featured in ABC News

- Cited in Medical News

Chandon, Pierre and Brian Wansink (2006), "How Biased Household Inventory Estimates Distort Shopping and Storage Decisions," Journal of Marketing, 70 (4), 118-35.
 

Wansink, Brian and Pierre Chandon (2006), "Meal Size, Not Body Size, Explains Errors in Estimating the Calorie Content of Meals," Annals of Internal Medicine, 145 (5), 326-332. 

- Summarized in Nature (Clinical Practice:  Endocrinology & Metabolism), 2006, vol 2 (12), p. 655.  Featured on CNN ( To view CNN clip [50 MB] click here) and in over 200 newspaper articles and television segments, including the Washington Post,  Scientific American, Forbes, USA TodayGlobe and Mail, ABC News, Fox News, MSNBC, Le Nouvel Observateur, The New York Sun, etc.

Chandon, Pierre, Vicki G. Morwitz, and Werner J. Reinartz (2005), “Do Intentions Really Predict Behavior? Self-Generated Validity Effects in Survey Research,” Journal of Marketing, 69 (2), 1-14 -

- Lead article; honorable mention, 2005 MSI/H. Paul Root Award; article summarized in Marketing News (cover story).

Chandon, Pierre, Vicki G. Morwitz, and Werner J. Reinartz (2004), “The Short- and Long-Term Effects of Measuring Intent to Repurchase,” Journal of Consumer Research, 31 (3), 566-72.
 

Chandon, Pierre (2004), “Innovative Marketing Strategies after Patent Expiry: The Case of Gsk's Antibiotic Clamoxyl in France,” International Journal of Medical Marketing, 4 (1), 65-77.

- Published with three commentaries.  Reprinted in the Journal of Generic Medicines, 1 (4), 353-361. 

Chandon, Pierre and Brian Wansink (2002), “When Are Stockpiled Products Consumed Faster? A Convenience-Salience Framework of Post-Purchase Consumption Incidence and Quantity,” Journal of Marketing Research, 39 (August), 321-25. 

- Mentioned on ABC 20/20 (“bulk buying”), November 2005.

Chandon, Pierre, Brian Wansink, and Gilles Laurent (2000), “A Benefit Congruency Framework of Sales Promotion Effectiveness,” Journal of Marketing, 64 (October), 65-81. 

- Reprinted in the Journal of Marketing and Marketing Research in Russia (2001).

Chandon, Pierre (1998) “Comment créer des promotions efficaces et rentables: le point de vue des experts”, Décisions Marketing, vol.12, 23-30.
 

Bernadet, Jean-Pierre, Pierre Chandon, Pierre Desmet, Florence Fargette, Francis Guilbert, Gilles Laurent, Claude Oustlan, Michel Toporkoff et Pierre Volle (1998), “La promotion des ventes en France: évolution et révolutions”, Décisions Marketing, vol.12, 9-22.
 

Chandon, Pierre (1995) “Consumer Research on Sales Promotions: A state-of-the-art Literature Review,” Journal of Marketing Management, 11 (5), 419-441.
 

Chandon, Pierre (1995), “Dix ans de recherches sur la mesure des effets des promotions,” Recherche et Applications en Marketing, 9:4, 81-100.
 

Chandon, Pierre (1994) “Dix ans de recherches sur la psychologie et le comportement des consommateurs face aux promotions,” Recherche et Applications en Marketing, 9:3 83-108.

 

Book chapters and articles in managerial journals

 

Chandon, Pierre, J. Wesley Hutchinson, Eric T. Bradlow, and Scott Young (In press), "Measuring the Value of Point-of-Purchase Marketing with Commercial Eye-Tracking-Data," in Visual Marketing: From Attention to Action, ed. Michel Wedel and Rik Pieters, Mahwah, New-Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 

Chandon, Pierre, Vicki G M Morwitz, and Werner Reinartz (2005), "Intentions Don't Always Predict Buying Behavior," Marketing News, 39 (6), 34-33.

 

Laurent, Gilles and Pierre Chandon (1999) "La promotion des ventes : un outil puissant et diversifié", Les Echos, 21-22/05/1999, supplément "L’Art du Marketing", pp. VI-VII.

 - Reprinted in L’Art du Marketing, Editions Village Mondial and Financial Times Limited, 1999.

Chandon, Pierre and Gilles Laurent (1998), "Promotion des Ventes : Effets, Stratégies, Comportements", PhD dissertation published, in part, by the HEC Foundation in "Les Etudes du Groupe HEC" series, 90 pages.

 

Chandon, Pierre & Gilles Laurent (1997), “Les effets de la promotion des ventes”, Hommes et Commerce, No 259, mai 1997, pp. 22-24.

 

Chandon, Pierre, Brian Wansink and Gilles Laurent (1999) "Hedonic and Utilitarian Consumer Benefits of Sales Promotions", Marketing Science Institute Report No. 99-109.

 

 

Teaching

  • Advanced Brand Management (MBA elective course), taught in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.  Course syllabus.

  • Marketing Management (EMBA core course), taught in 2003. Course syllabus.

  • Marketing Management (MBA core course), taught in 2000, 2001, 2002.  Course syllabus.

 

Pedagogical Material (cases available from the ECCH)
 

"Unilever in Brazil: Marketing Strategies for Low-Income Consumers" with teaching note and instructor's CD-Rom, ã INSEAD 2004. Winner, 2004 EFMD Case Writing Competition.  See abstract in INSEAD Knowledge. 


 "Note on Brand Audit: How to Measure Brand Awareness, Brand Image, Brand Equity and Brand Value" ã INSEAD 2004.

 

"Diesel for Successful Living:  Branding Strategies for an Upmarket Line Extension in the Fashion Industry” with teaching note and instructor's CD-Rom, ã INSEAD  2001, 2004See abstract in INSEAD Knowledge.  ECCH best-selling case.

 

"Marketing Strategies in the Competition Between Branded and Generic Antibiotics":  Clamoxyl in 1996 (A), Augmentin in 2002 (B), with teaching note, ã INSEAD 2001, 2003.  See abstract in INSEAD Knowledge.

 

Parfums Cacharel de l’Oréal:  Revitalizing a Classic brand", A & B with teaching note, student and instructor’s CD-Rom (with Klaus Wertenbroch), ã INSEAD  2001, 2003See abstract in INSEAD Knowledge. ECCH best-selling case.

 

"Russian Standard Vodka:  Strategies for Global Branding and Expansion into the US Market", with teaching note, ã INSEAD 2002.  See abstract in INSEAD Knowledge.

 

Membership in Editorial Boards  

  • International Journal of Research in Marketing (since November 2006)
  • Journal of Marketing (since July 2005)
  • Recherche et Applications en Marketing (since January 2001)
     

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