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An Aggregate Advertising Pulsing Model with Wearout Effects

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  • Hani I. Mesak

    (Louisiana Tech University)

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This paper, guided by empirical findings in the literature, develops an advertising pulsing model for established frequently purchased products under the presence of advertising wearout effects. Using such a model, the superiority of Advertising Pulsing Policy over an equivalent Uniform Advertising Policy is explored analytically for both S-shaped and concave advertising response functions in relation to initial sales and the employed discount rate. The basic results of the research, summarized in four propositions, indicate that under the presence of advertising wearout and for both S-shaped and concave advertising response functions that: —Pulsing is superior to the even policy for a zero discount rate. —For all positive values of the discount rate, pulsing is superior to the even policy provided that initial sales are close enough to the equilibrium sales of the even policy. —If initial sales are much different from the equilibrium sales of the even policy, pulsing would be superior for small values of the discount rate whereas the even policy would be superior for large values of the discount rate.

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  • Hani I. Mesak, 1992. "An Aggregate Advertising Pulsing Model with Wearout Effects," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 11(3), pages 310-326.
  • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormksc:v:11:y:1992:i:3:p:310-326
    DOI: 10.1287/mksc.11.3.310
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    1. Gijsenberg, Maarten & Nijs, Vincent R., 2018. "Advertising Timing," Research Report 2018004-MARK, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management).
    2. Ralf Dewenter & Ulrich Heimeshoff, 2017. "Predicting Advertising Volumes Using Structural Time Series Models: A Case Study," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 37(3), pages 1644-1652.
    3. Prasad A. Naik & Murali K. Mantrala & Alan G. Sawyer, 1998. "Planning Media Schedules in the Presence of Dynamic Advertising Quality," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 17(3), pages 214-235.
    4. Mesak, Hani I. & Calloway, James A., 1995. "A pulsing model of advertising competition: A game theoretic approach, part B -- Empirical application and findings," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 86(3), pages 422-433, November.
    5. Philip R. Vande Kamp & Harry M. Kaiser, 2000. "Optimal Temporal Policies in Fluid Milk Advertising," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 82(2), pages 274-286.
    6. Dewenter, Ralf & Heimeshoff, Ulrich, 2016. "Predicting advertising volumes: A structural time series approach," DICE Discussion Papers 228, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE).
    7. Yanwu Yang & Baozhu Feng & Joni Salminen & Bernard J. Jansen, 2022. "Optimal advertising for a generalized Vidale–Wolfe response model," Electronic Commerce Research, Springer, vol. 22(4), pages 1275-1305, December.
    8. Mesak, Hani Ibrahim & Bari, Abdullahel & Lian, Qin, 2015. "Pulsation in a competitive model of advertising-firm's cost interaction," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 246(3), pages 916-926.
    9. Gijsenberg, Maarten J. & Nijs, Vincent R., 2019. "Advertising spending patterns and competitor impact," International Journal of Research in Marketing, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 232-250.
    10. Ashwin Aravindakshan & Prasad A. Naik, 2015. "Understanding the Memory Effects in Pulsing Advertising," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 63(1), pages 35-47, February.
    11. Mesak, Hani I., 1999. "On the generalizability of advertising pulsation monopoly results to an oligopoly," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 117(3), pages 429-449, September.
    12. Danaher, Peter J. & Rust, Roland T., 1996. "Determining the optimal return on investment for an advertising campaign," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 95(3), pages 511-521, December.
    13. Huang, Jian & Leng, Mingming & Liang, Liping, 2012. "Recent developments in dynamic advertising research," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 220(3), pages 591-609.
    14. Mesak, Hani I. & Ellis, T. Selwyn, 2009. "On the superiority of pulsing under a concave advertising market potential function," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 194(2), pages 608-627, April.
    15. Mesak, Hani I. & Calloway, James A., 1995. "A pulsing model of advertising competition: A game theoretic approach, part A -- Theoretical foundation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 86(2), pages 231-248, October.

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