Prof. Dr. Murali Mantrala

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsBusiness Administration
Keywordssales channels, sales force size, B2B marketing, sales organization, sales resource allocation

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityColumbia
InstitutionUniversity of Missouri-Columbia
InstituteDepartment of Marketing

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Manfred KrafftInstitut für Marketing, Universität Münster, Münster
Prof. Dr. Sönke AlbersInstitut für Innovationsforschung, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2010

Programme(s)

2010Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Mantrala is internationally renowned for his outstanding research in allocation of resources and sales management. He has made important contributions to the determination of optimal budget levels, its allocation across marketing instruments, the compensation of sales people, and the markdown of pricing products in retailing. During his stay in Germany he intends to investigate the influence of the Internet on salesforce management. Professor Mantrala is hosted by Prof. Albers at the University of Kiel and Prof. Krafft at the University of Münster