Dear Colleagues,

Please congratulate the following authors on winning the best paper awards at the Sixth China Marketing International Conference (CMIC)!

The Sixth China Marketing International Conference (CMIC), http://www.cnmkt.org, by Chinese Scholar Marketing Association (CSMA), has been held in Shanghai, July 20th-22nd, 2018. CMIC 2018 received about 300 papers and was attended by 700 scholars plus 2000+ online attendees. CMIC is the best platform for interactive idea exchanges among academic, business, government, and non-profit organizations for scholars from both overseas and China.The conference is also the best opportunity for foreign scholars to take a peek inside the hot Chinese market for new marketing practices and innovations. For scholars who need data or field experiments for research, they could find dozens of companies looking for academic collaboration. For scholars or PhD Students looking for jobs in China, CMIC is also the platform to meet with representatives from many Chinese schools with openings. CMIC 2019 will take place in Guangzhou, July 19th-22nd, 2019. We look forward to your participation!

List of CMIC 2018 Best Paper Award Winners

Estimation of Preference Heterogeneity in Markets with Costly Search (Xiaojing Dong xdong1@scu.edu, Llya Morozov imorozov@stanford.edu, Stephen Seiler sseiler@stanford.edu, Liwen Hou lwhou@sjtu.edu.cn)

Content-based Model of Web Search Behavior: An Application to TV Show Search (Jia Liu jialiu@ust.hk, Olivia Toublia ot2107@columbia.edu, and Shawndra Hill shawndra@microsoft.com)

Cross-contry Spillover Effect of Product Recalls: A Study of How Automobile Recalls in the U.S. Impact Vehicle Sales in China (Qi Sun sun.qi@mail.shufe.edu.cn, Fang Wu wu.fang@mail.shufe.edu.cn, Yong Liu yoliu@eller.arizona.edu, Qian Wang sherryf080207@sina.com)

Visual Listening In: Extracting Brand Image Portrayed on Social Media (Liu Liu liu.liu-1@colorado.edu, Daria Dzyabura ddzyabur@stern.nyu.edu, and Natalie Mizik nmizik@uw.edu)

Better for You or Worse for Me: The Use of Refunds as a Strategic Spot Price Commitment Device in Advance Selling (Zelin Zhang zhangzelin@rmbs.ruc.edu.cn, Weishi Lim weishi@nus.edu.sg, Tony Haitao Cui tcui@umn.edu, and Ze Wang Ze.Wang@ucf.edu)

Manufacturer’s Entry in the Product-Sharing Market (Baojun Jiang baojunjiang@wustl.edu, Lin Tian tian.lin@mail.shufe.edu.cn, and Yifan Xu yfxu@fudan.edu.cn)

Comparative Marketing Communications: The Case of Drug Detailing (Qiang Liu liu6@purdue.edu, Ho Jung Yoon hjan335@sejong.ac.kr, and Hongju Liu hongju.liu@gmail.com)

Extracting and Utilizing In-Consumption Moment-to-Moment Dynamics: The Case of Movie Appreciation and Live Comments (Qiang Zhang qzhang@connect.ust.hk, Wenbo Wang wenbowang@ust.hk, Yuxin Chen yc18@nyu.edu)

Product Line Design with Superior Information on Comsumers’ Preferences: Implications of Data Aggregation (Zibin Xu zibinxu@sjtu.edu.cn and Anthony Dukes dukes@usc.edu)

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