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Educational Background
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Toronto, 2013
- M.A., Economics, University of Toronto, 2007
- B.Sc., Mathematics, University of Alberta, 2006
Positions Held
- Assistant Professor, Cornell University, 2020-2025
- Assistant Professor, McGill University, 2015-2020
- Post-Doctoral Associate and Lecturer, Yale University, 2012-2015
Recent Publications
- Jiang, Y., Uetake, K., & Yang, N. Forthcoming. Does Premium Version Adoption in mHealth Improve User Engagement and Health-Related Outcomes? Marketing Science, INFORMS, (Forthcoming), 64. link >
- Fang, L., & Yang, N. (2024). Measuring Deterrence Motives in Dynamic Oligopoly Games. Management Science, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 70 (6), 3527-3565. link >
- Chintala, S., Liaukonyte, J., & Yang, N. (2024). Browsing the Aisles or Browsing the App? How Online Grocery Shopping is Changing What We Buy. Marketing Science, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 43 (3), 506-522. link >
Other Publications
Articles
- Labonté, K., Knäuper, B., Dubé, L., Yang, N., & Nielsen, D. (2022). Adherence to a caloric budget and body weight change vary by season, gender, and BMI: An observational study of daily users of a mobile health app. Obesity Science & Practice, Wiley, 8 (6), 735-747. link >
- Khwaja, A., & Yang, N. (2022). Quantifying the link between employee engagement, and customer satisfaction and retention in the car rental industry. Quantitative Marketing and Economics, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 20 (3), 275-292. link >
- Liu, P., Inman, J., Li, B., Wong, C., & Yang, N. (2022). Consumer Health in the Digital Age. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, University of Chicago Press, 7 (2), 198-209. link >
- Ergin, E., Gümüs, M., & Yang, N. (2022). An Empirical Analysis of Intra-Firm Product Substitutability in Fashion Retailing. Production and Operations Management, SAGE Publications, 31 (2), 607-621. link >
- Nielsen, D., Yang, N., Dub\'e, Laurette, ., Kn\"auper, B\"arbel, ., Ling, Y., & Nie, J. (2022). Consumption Variety in Food Recommendation. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 7 (4).
- Hagen, L., Uetake, K., Yang, N., Bollinger, B., et al. (2020). How can machine learning aid behavioral marketing research? Marketing Letters, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 31 (4), 361-370. link >
- Nishida, M., & Yang, N. (2020). Threat of Entry and Organizational-Form Choice: The Case of Franchising in Retailing. Journal of Marketing Research, SAGE Publications, 57 (5), 810-830. link >
- Yang, N. (2020). Learning in retail entry. International Journal of Research in Marketing, Elsevier BV, 37 (2), 336-355. link >
- Uetake, K., & Yang, N. (2020). Inspiration from the “Biggest Loser”: Social Interactions in a Weight Loss Program. Marketing Science, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 39 (3), 487-499. link >
- Dub\'e, Laurette, ., Neilsen, D., Yang, N., Portella, A., & Brown, S. (2020). Behavior Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies as Bridges Between Biological, Social and Food Systems. Sight and Life, Sight and Life Magazine, 34 (1), 110--116.
- Blevins, J., Khwaja, A., & Yang, N. (2018). Firm Expansion, Size Spillovers, and Market Dominance in Retail Chain Dynamics. Management Science, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 64 (9), 4070-4093. link >
- Igami, M., & Yang, N. (2016). Unobserved heterogeneity in dynamic games: Cannibalization and preemptive entry of hamburger chains in Canada. Quantitative Economics, The Econometric Society, 7 (2), 483-521. link >
- Yang, N. (2012). Burger King and McDonald’s: Where’s the Spillover? International Journal of the Economics of Business, Informa UK Limited, 19 (2), 255-281. link >
- Chi, F., & Yang, N. (2011). Twitter Adoption in Congress. Review of Network Economics, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 10 (1). link >
Book Chapters
- Dub\'e, Laurette, ., Wolfert, S., Zimmerman, K., Yang, N., Diaz-Lopez, F., Arvanti, R., Schillo, S., Nie, J., & Brown, S. (2020). Convergence research and innovation digital backbone: Behavioral analytics, artificial intelligence, and digital technologies as bridges between biological, social, and agri-food systems. How is Digitization Affecting Agri-Food? New Business Models, Strategies, and Organizational Form Routledge.
Conference Proceedings
- Ling, Y., Nie, J., Nielsen, D., Knäuper, B., Yang, N., & Dubé, L. (2022). Following Good Examples - Health Goal-Oriented Food Recommendation based on Behavior Data. Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2022 ( pp. 3745-3754). ACM. link >
Other Publications
- Dub\'e, Laurette, ., Cohen, M., Yang, N., & Monla, B. (2024). Precision Retailing: Driving Results with Behavioral Insights and Data Analytics. Rotman-UTP Publishing.
Teaching Interests
Digital Marketing, Retail
Research Interests
Retail and Strategic Behavior, Behavioral Analytics
Current Courses
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Marketing Research (BADM 322) Focuses on the techniques and methods of marketing research; emphasizes primarily survey research and experimental design; and offers students the opportunity to apply techniques to real-world situations.
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Data Analytics for Mktg Apps (BADM 534) Introduces the core principles and real-world applications of marketing analytics. Topics include data acquisition, visualization, text analysis, predictive modeling, machine learning, and causal analysis. Emphasizing practical experience, students will explore areas like retailing, social media, digital platforms, and data privacy while working on “mini cases” using tools like R and python. Designed to address the complexities of modern, data-driven marketing, this course equips students with the skills needed for today’s dynamic technology landscape.
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Quantam Approaches for Dec Mkg (BADM 590) Special topics in the general area of business. Topics are selected by the instructor at the beginning of each term.
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Digital Marketing Analytics (MBA 542) Introduces students to the science of web analytics while casting a keen eye toward the artful use of numbers found in the digital space. The goal is to provide the foundation needed to apply data analytics to real-world challenges marketers confront daily. Students will learn to identify the web analytic tool right for their specific needs; understand valid and reliable ways to collect, analyze, and visualize data from the web; and utilize data in decision making for agencies, organizations or clients.


