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Announcement: New IJRM Editor

In June 2017, a committee was established to select the new Editor-in-Chief of IJRM, comprising of Marnik Dekimpe, Stefan Stremersch, and Eitan Muller (as ex-officio chair). The committee considered several possibilities of top-level individuals for the job and unanimously selected PK Kannan, as the best person to lead the journal in these challenging times.

Professor Kannan is the Dean’s Chair in Marketing Science at the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, USA. His main research focus is on marketing modeling and applying statistical and econometric methods to marketing data. His current research stream focuses on attribution modeling, media mix modeling, new product development, and customer relationship management. He serves as a senior editor for IJRM, an associate editor for Journal of Marketing Research and Journal of Marketing, and on the editorial boards of the Marketing Science, Journal of Service Research, and International Journal of Electronic Commerce.

PK will have three co-editors. (More on them in a separate announcement.) The new editors are working closely with Roland Rust, the current editor-in-chief, to arrange a smooth transition, and they will begin handling new papers as of August 1, 2018. They will make decisions on all submissions (new and revisions) starting October 1, 2018.

On behalf of the entire EMAC community, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Roland Rust for the outstanding job he has done in leading the journal for the last three years. He has dedicated his time to the journal and was extremely successful in enhancing the quality and reputation of IJRM.

Eitan Muller
Vice President Publications, EMAC