Former IBM CEO, Thomas Watson Jr., famously said, "good design is good business." In this JM Buzz episode, we spotlight two great papers that help us understand how design can work for—and against—good business.

Join host Claudia Townsend (University of Miami) as she interviews authors of recent Journal of Marketing articles exploring design: Nikolaus Franke (WU Vienna University of Economics and Business), Alicia Kulczynski (Newcastle Business School), and Margurite Hook (Newcastle Business School).

The studies discussed include:

Franziska Krause and Nikolaus Franke, “Understanding Consumer Self-Design Abandonment: A Dynamic Perspective,” Journal of Marketing. (Read an in-depth summary of this research here.)
Alicia Kulczynski and Margurite Hook, “Typography Talks: Influencing Vintage Anemoia and Product Safety Perceptions with Vintage Typography,” Journal of Marketing. (Read an in-depth summary of this research here.)

Host: Claudia Townsend

Topics: design, self-design, typography, nostalgia, marketing

The JM Buzz Podcast is a production of the American Marketing Association's Journal of Marketing and is produced by ⁠University FM

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