Sundar G Bharadwaj

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Coca Cola Company Chair Professor of Marketing, Department of Marketing, Terry College of Business

Dr. Bharadwaj studies the effects of marketing strategies on firm performance, societal outcomes, and societal harm using econometrics, deep learning, and machine learning techniques. He also uses these techniques to develop measures from firms' textual legal filings. He is particularly interested in the impact of GenAI on marketing practices and employment.    His research topics include:

  • Generative AI and marketing capabilities
  • AI and marketing employment
  • Marketing and the Financial Interface
  • Climate marketing strategies
  • Sustainability, new products and growth
  • Shareholderism and Stakeholderism
  • Marketing Communication and Healthcare Prevention
  • Marketing capture and Societal Harm
Education:
  • PhD, Marketing, Texas A&M University
Research Interests:
  • Marketing strategy, performance, and metrics
  • AI’s impact on marketing
  • Marketing–finance–accounting interface
  • Sustainability and innovation in marketing
  • Branding strategy
  • Marketing’s societal impact and potential harms