Wayne State University School of Business Administration

Sujay Dutta

Assistant Professor of Marketing

sujaydutta@wayne.edu
(313) 577-4496

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D. (Marketing), Louisiana State University
  • M.S. in Geology, University of Calcutta, India
  • B.S. (major in Geology), Presidency College, Calcutta, India

Teaching Interests

  • Marketing Management
  • Marketing Strategy
  • International Marketing
  • Marketing Research
  • Consumer Behavior

Research Interests

  • Behavioral issues in pricing
  • Consumer evaluation of marketplace signals

Professional Experience & Certification

  • Assistant Professor of Marketing, John Carroll University, 2004-2006

Publications & Presentations

Publications

  • Dutta, Sujay and Sandeep Bhowmick, "Consumer Responses to Offline and Online Low Price Signals: The Role of Cognitive Elaboration," forthcoming in Journal of Business Research.
  • Dutta, Sujay, Abhijit Biswas, and Dhruv Grewal (2007) “Low Price Signal Default: An Empirical Investigation of its Consequences,” forthcoming in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 35: 76-88
  • Biswas, Abhijit, Sujay Dutta and Chris Pullig (2006) “Low Price Guarantees as Signals of Lowest Price: The Moderating Role of Perceived Price Dispersion,” Journal of Retailing, 82 (3): 245-257.
  • Dutta, Sujay and Abhijit Biswas (2005) “Effects of low price guarantees on consumer post-purchase search intention: The moderating roles of value consciousness and penalty level,” Journal of Retailing, 81 (4): 283-291.

Conference Presentations

  • Dutta Sujay, and Sandeep Bhowmick (2007), “Consumer Vulnerability to Low Price Signals: The Role of Subjective Price Knowledge," abstract published in the proceedings of the 2007 Fordham Behavioral Pricing Conference.
  • Dutta Sujay, and Sandeep Bhowmick (2006), “Comparing Strength of Low Price Signals Across Shopping Media: The Role of Cognitive Elaboration,” extended abstract published in proceedings of the 2006 American Marketing Association Summer Marketing Educators’ Conference. 
  • Dutta Sujay, Dipayan Biswas, Abhijit Biswas, and Chris Pullig (2005), “Price Matching Guarantees as Signals of Lowest Price: The Role of Perceived Risk and Estimate of Lowest Market Price,” extended abstract published in the proceedings of the 2005 Association for Consumer Research North American Conference.
  • Dutta, Sujay (2003), “Postpurchase Implications of Low Price Guarantees and Consequences of Low Price Guarantee Default,” abstract published in the proceedings of the 2003 Fordham Behavioral Pricing Conference.
  • Dutta, Sujay (2003), “Modeling the Effects of Corporate Images and Brand Images on Brand Alliance Evaluation: A Contingency Approach,” published in the proceedings of the 2003 Academy of Marketing Science Conference.  

Professional Memberships

  • Association for Consumer Research
  • American Marketing Association