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Chaim Ehrman
Title: Associate Professor
Office #: Maguire Hall 434
Phone: 312-915-6138
E-mail: cehrman@luc.edu


Personal Information

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Marketing, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1984
  • M.A., Statistics, Temple University, 1981
  • M.B.A., Graduate School, Baruch College, 1973
  • B.B.A., Baruch College, 1970

Research Interests

  • Benefit segmentation strategies
  • New product introduction
  • Health care marketing

Professional Associations

  • American Marketing Association
  • American Statistical Association
  • Sigma Delta Beta

Professional Activities

  • Associate Member, Operations Research Society of America, 1992-present
  • Advisor on Curriculum and Planning, Hanna Sachs School, Chicago, 1992-95
  • Vice President of Workshops, American Statistical Association, 1993-95
  • Secretary, American Statistical Association, 1992-93
  • Faculty Advisor, Alpha Sigma Pi, 1991-92

Courses Taught

  • Marketing Principles
  • Consumer Behavior Research
  • International Marketing

     

    Research Listings


    REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
    "Success in College Sports and Its Impact on Applications, Enrollments and SAT Scores," Proceedings, MBAA Conference, Chicago, IL , March 17 2006 , Co-Authors: Allen Marber and Paul Wellen

    "On Using Benefit Segmentation for a Service Industry: A Study on College Career Counseling Service," Journal American Academy of Business, 2006

    "A Note on the Impact Managerial Styles Can Have for Service Marketers: Some New Insights," Journal American Academy of Business, Winter 2004

    "On Using Probabilities for Two-Stage List Selection," Frontiers in Direct and Interactive Marketing Research, John Wiley and Sons, 2002

    "Using Bayesian Analysis for List selection: Some New Insights," Proceedings, Direct Marketing Educational Foundation, 2001

    "On I-S in Marketing: Minimizing Information Overload in Information Search and Retrieval in Marketing," Transactions in International Information Systems, University of Economics, Wroclow, Poland, Volume 2, Number 1, January 2001 , Co-Authors: Anne Milliman

    "On Using Information Systems for List Selection in a Direct Marketing Framework," Transactions in International Information Systems, University of Economics, Wroclaw, Poland, Volume 1, Number 1, 1999

    "Marketing Science: An Overview," second edition, Loyola University Press, Medical Center, 1999

    "Ethical Issues Generated by Computer Usage in Preparing Homework Assignments: An Experimental Approach," Issues in Business Ethics, published by the Center of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, Jerusalem College of Technology., Volume 5, Number 3, p. 4 1998

    "Insights on Selecting, Evaluating, and Updating Prospects in Direct Mail Marketing," The Journal of Direct Marketing, John Wiley: NY, June 1997 , Co-Authors: Gerald Funk


    PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
    "�Forget the Four P�s; A Better Way to Market Colleges and Universities,�," MBAA Conference, Chicago, IL Palmer House, March 27 2006 , Co-presenting: Allen Marber and Paul Welch and Alfred Holden,

    "�Varsity Sports and its Effect on Applications, Enrollments and SAT Scores,�," MBAA Conference, Chicago, IL Palmer House, Morning Session, March 27 2006 , Co-presenting: Allen Marber and Paul Welch,

    "On Using Factor Analysis to Enhance Market Segmentation," INFORMS, Autumn 2006

    "New Insights in Varsity Sports: Is It Worth It? ," Presented at the Marketing Management Association, which is part of the Midwest Business Academic Association; Palmer House, Chicago, IL,, Winter 2005 , Co-presenting: Allen Marber;

    "On Using Benefit Segmentation for a Service Industry: A study on College Career Counseling Services,," INFORMS,, Autumn 2005

    "Varsity Sports: Can They Affect College Applications, Enrollments and Average SAT Scores?," INFORMS Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 2004 , Co-presenting: Alan Marber

    "New Insights for List Selection Procedures in Direct Marketing," INFORMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October 2003

    "Strategies for Increasing Market Share Among Different Territories: Implications for Practitioners," INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Jose, California, October 2002

    "Incorporating Willingness to Assume Risk in List Selection Procedures," INFORMS Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, November 2001

    "Information Search in Marketing Journals," INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 2000

    "On Ranking Marketing Journals: Some New Insights," INFORMS Fall Joint Conference, November, November 1999


    BOOK REVIEWS
    Leo Levi, "Strategies to Address Contemporary Challenges," Traditions, Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists (AOJS), 2002


    OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITY
    "Readings and Case Books for: Int'l Mktg Reading, Int'l Marketing Cases, and Consumer Behvior Case Book," Prentice Hall, 2004

    "Data Mining for Market Research Projects: An Overview," presentation at Machon Lev Institute, Jerusalem, Israel, August 2002

    "On Using Stepwise Regression and Factor Analysis for Market Segmentation," presentation at Department Of Mathematical Sciences, Loyola University Chicago, Graduate Class (Prof. Koo), April 2002

    "New Insights on List Selection Procedures," presentation at Direct Marketing Association, Chicago, IL, October 2001

    "Biblical Sources for Modern Theories in Selling," presentation at Machon Lev Institute, Jerusalem, Israel, August 2001

    "New Insights on Using Bayesian Analysis for Marketers," faculty seminar at the School of Business, Loyola University Chicago, April 2001

    "How Marketing Statisticians Utilize Statistics," presentation at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loyola University Chicago, Lake Shore Campus, April 1999

    "Using Markov Chains for Estimating Brand Share," presentation at INFORMS Israel, 1998 Meeting, Rcanati School of Business, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1998

    "Identifying Models of Case by Home Care and Hospice Agencies: A Cluster Analysis," presentation at 15th Annual Meeting of the Association of Health Services Research: Implications for Policy, Delivery and Practice, Washington Hilton towers, Washington, D.C., 1998

    "On Using Markov Chains in List Selection Procedures," presentation at INFORMS Joint Conference, Seattle, 1998

    "Estimating the Transition Matrix for Low Involvement Goods," presentation at INFORMS (Institute of Operations Research and Management Science), Dallas, Texas, 1997

    "Ethical Issues Generated by Computer Usage," presentation at Conference on Ethics and Computer Technology, Loyola University Chicago, 1997