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David Aaker

David A. Aaker

E.T. Grether Professor Emeritus of Marketing and Public Policy
Haas Marketing Group
415-850-3843
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Academic Status: Emeritus
Office Hours: None
Personal Homepage: http://www.davidaaker.com/
Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)
LinkedIn Profile

Education

BS, Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

MS, Statistics, Stanford University

PhD, Business Administration, Stanford University


Positions Held

At Haas since 1968
1999 - present, Vice Chairman, Prophet
1994 - present, E.T. Grether Professor of Marketing Strategy (Emeritus since 2000)
1981 - 1994, J. Gary Shansby Professor of Marketing Strategy
1970 - 1981, Professor, Haas School of Business
1982 - 1986, Chair, Marketing group


External Service and Assignments

  • Board of Directors, Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano County
  • Serves on the following editorial boards : Journal of Strategic Marketing, Marketing Management, The Journal of Brand Management, Strategy & Leadership, and The Russian Management Journal
  • Board of Directors, California Casualty Insurance Company

Current Research and Interests

  • Brand and brand building
  • Brand portfolio strategy
  • Global brand management

Selected Papers and Publications

  • Brand Relevance: Making Competitors Irrelevant, Jersey Boss, 2011
  • Author of over 100 articles and 14 books, including Brand Portfolio Strategy (2004, The Free Press) and From Fargo to the World of Brands (2006, Iceni Books).
  • Spanning Silos. Harvard Business Press, 2008.
  • "Winning by Creating New Categories.” Wall Street Journal, The Journal Report, September 2007.
  • “Innovation: Brand It or Lose It.” California Management Review, Fall 2007.
  • "Peeling Back the Layers on Innovation." BrandWeek, 1 May 2006, 24.
  • "Brands to the Power of Two," with Christian Dorffer. Brand Strategy, April 2006, 30-31.
  • “The Relevance of Relevance: Innovating Brands in Fast-Moving Markets.” Strategy + Business, Spring 2004.
  • “Brand Marketing in Slow Growth Markets: The Internet as Integrator.” Strategy + Business, Spring 2004.
  • "The Power of Branded Differentiator." MIT Sloan Management Review (Fall 2003): 83-92. An Adaptation apperared in Wirtschaftswoche, April 2004. Abstract.

Honors and Awards

  • Innovative Contributions to Marketing, Marketing Management Association, 2005
  • MIT Buck Weaver Award for contributions to the advancement of theory and practice in marketing science, 2004
  • Vijay Mahajan Award for career contributions to marketing strategy, 2000
  • Fellow, World Economic Forum at Davos, 1999-2000
  • Paul D. Converse Award for outstanding contributions to the development of the science of marketing, 1996
  • 1995 Pacific Telesis Award for best article in the California Management Review
  • Award for best article contributed to the Journal of Marketing twice, 1985 & 1987



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