Professor
Malcolm Wright
Professor Malcolm
Wright is head of the School of Marketing as
well as Head of the
Marketing
Metrics & Buyer Behaviour Group at
the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute. Prior to this
he was an Overseas Research Associate of the
Institute for many years.
Malcolm's research interests include the use of
scientific principles to improve sales
forecasting, predicting brand loyalty and
defection, predicting new product uptake rates,
brand performance evaluation and management
decision-making.
Recent projects include:
- Forecasting sales of new agricultural
services prior to launch
- Extending trial purchase predictions for
new frequently bought goods
- Examining the effect of concept formulation
on new concept test scores
- Improving the use of purchase intention and
purchase probability scales
- Improving benchmarks of brand defection
Malcolm has over 100 academic publications,
presentations and technical working papers,
including work in many leading European and
American journals. He has extensive consulting
and management experience, and was recently a
successful CEO for a large private investment
company.
To view his publications,
click
here.
