Preethika Sainam
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Mail code: 1221Campus: Dtphx
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Preethika Sainam teaches quantitative marketing classes that enhance the analytical piece of the students’ experience at Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU. The goal of her teaching is to help students understand and apply statistical techniques to improve the quality of managerial decisions. Her Analytic Decision Making course starts with basic statistics and moves on to cover frequently used managerial models. Her Big Data course provides an applied overview of the topic, including the role of sophisticated analytics used across business decision making (in finance, marketing, operations etc.). Her classes incorporate mini cases and hands-on learning activities so students have a mastery of the statistical techniques they learn. “They see how to use them in real-world business settings,” she says. Dr. Sainam also inserts humor into her lectures, something she learned by watching her father prepare for the lectures he delivered as a Medical College professor. “Given that I teach relatively dry quantitative classes, I have heard from many students that they love these group break out activities and humor breaks,” she says.
Prior to joining Thunderbird’s fulltime faculty, Sainam served as chief marketing officer for a startup in Portland, Oregon. In this capacity she helped craft the firm’s marketing strategy so it could procure funding from angel investors. Earlier she was an assistant professor at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, Bloomington, where she engaged in scholarly research and taught marketing research.
Dr. Sainam earned a Doctorate in marketing and a Master’s degree in economics from The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She also holds a Master’s degree in Management Science and a Master's in Business Administration from The University of Texas at Dallas. Her undergraduate degree is from Purdue University, where she was a Dean’s Scholar.
Her research has been published in Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, the Journal of Business Research and Harvard Business Review. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and eating her way through the world with her husband and two daughters.
- Ph.D. Marketing, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
- Master’s degree. Economics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
- Master’s degree. Management Information Sciences, University of Texas-Dallas
- M.B.A. University of Texas-Dallas
- Bachelor's degree. Purdue University
Digital Marketing
Impact of 4IR on Marketing
Marketing Analytics
Big Data
Pricing Models
Marketing Research
- Preethika Sainam, Seigyoung Auh, Richard Ettenson, Yeon Sung Jung “How Well Does Your Company Use Analytics?” Harvard Business Review (2022). https://hbr.org/2022/07/how-well-does-your-company-use-analytics
- Seigyoung Auh, Bulent Menguc, Preethika Sainam and Yeon Sung Jung (November 2021), “The Missing Link between Analytical Readiness and Service Firm Performance.” The Service Industries Journal.
- Sainam, Preethika, William P. Putsis Jr, Zauberman Gal (2018), “What I think I will do versus what I say I do: Mis-predicting Marijuana use among teenage drug users.” Journal of Business Research (85) pp. 317-324.
- Fernando Machado, Preethika Sainam, T. S. Raghu, Rajiv Sinha (2017), “Software Piracy in the Presence of Open-Source Alternatives.” Journal of the Association for Information Systems (18) pp. 1-21.
- Sainam, Preethika, Sridhar Balasubramanian, Barry L. Bayus (2015), “Consumer Forwards: Concept and Empirical Analysis of a Sports Ticket Market.” International Journal of Sports Finance (10) pp. 103-121.
- Desai, S. Preyas, Anand Krishnamoorthy, Preethika Sainam (alphabetical order) (2010), “Call for Prices: Strategic Implications of Raising Consumer Costs.” Marketing Science (29) pp. 158-174.
- Sainam, Preethika, Sridhar Balasubramanian, Barry L. Bayus (2010), “Consumer Options: Theory and Empirical Analysis of a Sports Ticket Market.” Journal of Marketing Research (47) pp. 401-414.
WORKING PAPERS
- Preethika Sainam, Anand Krishnamoorthy “Pricing Cues and Retail Competition” Modeling and empirical work completed. Revise and Resubmit from the Journal of Retailing.
- “Modeling network relationships between apps”, with Ziru Li, Pei-Yu Chen, Michael Shi and Raghu Santanam. Under review at Management Science.
- Sainam, Preethika, Sridhar Balasubramanian, Shantanu Bhattacharya and Lin Ong, “Forward Pricing: Concept, Experimental and Analytical Evidence.” Revise and Resubmit from the Journal of Business Research.
- Preethika Sainam, Cem Bahadir “Culturally Motivated Pricing: Impact on Strategic International Entry”. Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of International Marketing.
- Sainam, Preethika, Sajeesh Sajeesh, “Service vs. Price Cues: Retailers’ Strategic Choice in the Face of Consumer Heterogeneity”. Modeling in progress. Will be submitted to the Production and Operations Management (POM) Journal by Fall 2023.
- “How COVID-19 disrupted peer-to-peer platforms: Evidence from Airbnb.” Ongoing work with Man Xie.
CONFERENCE & OTHER INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS (Reverse Chronological Order)
- Winter American Marketing Association Conference (AMA), Nashville (2022) “Service vs. Price Cues: Retailers’ Strategic Choice in the Face of Consumer Heterogeneity”
- Marketing Dynamics Conference, Georgia State University, November 2022.
- Singapore Management University, Research Brown Bag Series Seminar (2022): “Service vs. Price Cues: Retailers’ Strategic Choice in the Face of Consumer Heterogeneity”
- Indian School of Business, Marketing Department Research Brown Bag Series Seminar (2022): “Service vs. Price Cues: Retailers’ Strategic Choice in the Face of Consumer Heterogeneity”
- Session Chair, International Marketing Track. “Success Strategies for Global Firms: Examining Internal and External Decision Factors” Winter American Marketing Association Conference (AMA), Las Vegas (2022)
- Session Chair, Pricing Track. “Pricing Cues and Retail Competition,” Winter American Marketing Association Conference (AMA), Virtual (2021)
- “Pricing Cues and Retail Competition,” Brown bag Marketing Research seminar at UC Davis, December 2020.
- Winter American Marketing Association Conference (AMA), San Diego (2020) “Culturally Motivated Pricing: Impact on Strategic International Entry” -- Winner of the “Best paper” Award in the International Marketing Track at Winter AMA, February 2020.
- European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC), Hamburg (2019) “Culturally Motivated Pricing: Impact on Strategic International Entry”
- European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC), Glasgow (2018) “Forward Pricing: Concept, Experimental and Analytical Evidence.”
- Faculty Participant of Center for Sales Leadership Data Analytics Conference, Tempe (2017)
- Shenzhen International Business School, Shenzhen (2016) “Software Piracy in the Presence of Open-Source Alternatives.”
- Tableau Data Visualization Conference, Austin (2016) – Industry Conference on Big Data Analytics and Visualization Techniques.
- Tableau Data Visualization Conference, Las Vegas (2015) – Industry Conference on Big Data Analytics and Visualization Techniques.
- Great Lakes NASMEI Marketing Conference, Chennai (2014) “What I think I will do versus what I say I do: Mis-predicting Marijuana use among teenage drug users.”
- W. P. Carey Marketing Department Research Brown Bag, Phoenix (2013) “What I think I will do versus what I say I do: Mis-predicting Marijuana use among teenage drug users.”
- INFORMS Marketing Science, Houston (2011) “What I think I will do versus what I say I do: Mis-predicting Marijuana use among teenage drug users.”
- INFORMS Marketing Science, Ann Arbor (2009) “Call for Prices: Strategic Implications of Raising Consumer Costs.”
- Invited talks for “Consumer Options: Theory and Empirical Analysis of a Sports Ticket Market.” (2007)
- Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
- Carson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
- Henry B. Tippie School of Business, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India.
- College of Business and Economics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
- National University of Singapore Business School, Singapore
- Robert J. Trulaske Sr. College of Business, The University of Missouri, Columbia MO
- HEC School of Management, Paris, France.
- INFORMS Marketing Science, Pittsburgh (2006) “Consumer Options: Theory and Empirical Analysis of a Sports Ticket Market.”
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 558 | Gbl Data Analysis Strat Mkt |
TGM 554 | Global Marketing Research |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 558 | Gbl Data Analysis Strat Mkt |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 554 | Global Marketing Research |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 558 | Gbl Data Analysis Strat Mkt |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 554 | Global Marketing Research |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 554 | Global Marketing Research |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 558 | Gbl Data Analysis Strat Mkt |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 554 | Global Marketing Research |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 558 | Gbl Data Analysis Strat Mkt |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
TGM 557 | Globl Marketing&Data Analytics |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 551 | Global Marketing Strategy |
TGM 554 | Global Marketing Research |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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TGM 551 | Global Marketing Strategy |
TGM 558 | Gbl Data Analysis Strat Mkt |
TGM 557 | Glbl Data & Mktg Analytics |
- Winner of the “Best Paper” Award in the International Marketing Track at Winter American Marketing Association conference, February 2020.
- AMA Sheth Foundation 42nd Annual Doctoral Consortium Fellow, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University.
- Peggy Lee & Sunil Wahal Award: given to one outstanding PhD student every year across all business school departments in the Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Recipient of the Academic Achievement Award, The University of Texas at Dallas.
- Recipient of the Kappa Omicron Nu Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement, Purdue University.
- Deans Scholar: all years of undergraduate degree, Purdue University.
Member of American Marketing Association, Association of International Business.
Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Business Research, Marketing Science, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Marketing Research.
- Member of Faculty Search Committee 2022-ongoing.
- Faculty Advisor of Digital Transformation for Das Tor 2021-ongoing.
- Faculty Advisor for Thunderbird Data and Analytics Club (TDNA) 2019-ongoing.
- Committee member for Data Analytics Certificate Design Committee, 2018
- Researched other school’s Masters in Data Analytics’ offerings (Wharton, UC Davis, MIT, Marshall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Penn State etc.)
- Advised on core and elective offerings for the certificate.
- Member of the Curriculum Design Committee, 2018-ongoing.
- Faculty Member of Thunderbird 2.0 Workshop, August 2018.
- Identified scope and role for analytics in new Thunderbird strategic priorities
- Advocated for Integration of 4th IR into Analytics and Marketing Curricula (including offering Analytics-themed Field Seminars)
- Member of Faculty Women’s Association (FWA) 2018-ongoing.
- Member of the Online Programs Review Committee, 2018-ongoing.
- CMC Faculty Mentor Program 2018-present.
- Faculty Member of Thunderbird Downtown Committee (to identify Interdisciplinary opportunities), 2017
- Committee member for Global Marketing Certificate Design Committee, 2015
- Member of Data Analytics Taskforce & Founding member of Analytics Digital Forum @ Thunderbird (2014-Present)