Penn State Smeal College of Business
Business Building
475 Shortlidge Rd
University Park, PA 16802

Professor
Program Director of Penn State
Director of Institute for the Study of Business Markets
B2B Marketing, Interorganizational Relationships, Innovation, Networks, Platforms and Ecosystems
Ph D in Marketing, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tinbergen Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2003-03-01 MA in Marketing, The University of Ghent, Vlerick School of Management, Ghent, Belgium, 1998-07-01 BA in Marketing, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Applied Economics, Leuven, Belgium, 1997-07-01
MKTG 450 – Marketing Strategy
Market-oriented problems of the firm; identification and selection of market opportunities; formulation of competitive strategies; marketing policies and programs.
MKTG 533 – Business Marketing
MKTG 833 focuses on transactions between organizations, i.e., "Business-to-Business" (B2B) markets, which are critical to the growth and health of the economy, and an essential part of economic life. In most years, the $ volume of transactions between businesses exceeds transactions that are Business-to-Consumer (B2C). The bulk of online business is B2B. Yet, B2B markets differ fundamentally from B2C markets. In this class, students learn the language, concepts, theories, principles, and best practices of modern B2B marketing. The course follows a proven template for developing B2B marketing strategy to drive business results. This framework is called the Value Delivery Framework, and covers building a value understanding, strategy formulation, the design of customer value, the communication and delivery of customer value, and life-cycle management.
MKTG 556 – Mktg Mgmt
To explore the conceptual and applied dimensions of marketing management. MKTG 556 Marketing Management (3)This course is a seminar course, so class involvement will be a major component. In addition, students will be expected to prepare two papers. The first will be a journal submission review; the second will be the written version of each student's research proposal. Academics need to understand journal reviewing, and they need to develop research ideas and write about them. Students will also be expected to prepare and perform two oral presentations. The first will be the presentation discussed in the session description below and will be a part of their class participation. The second will be an oral form of the student's research presentation. Students need to be able to communicate their ideas, and it is hoped that having an oral presentation of their proposals before the written presentation will also help them improve their proposal. Finally, there will be an examination at the end of the course. Each class session, with the exception of the first and last class periods, will be devoted to an important topic in the marketing management domain. For each class period, other than the two exceptions, students will read around 7 papers. The papers will be a mix of classical, seminal works and recent, cutting-edge works in the assigned area. The bulk of the class period will be devoted to discussion of the articles assigned. Discussion will be devoted to a) why the article is important, b) good points of the article, c) bad points of the article, and d) research ideas that the article might suggest or engender. In addition, one student per week will be responsible to find, prepare, and present another published paper that deals with the weeks' issues ; this presentation will be part of the student's participation grade. The last few minutes of each class will be devoted to a discussion by the instructors of where research in the assigned area is going and some interesting open research questions in the area. The two exceptions among the class periods will be the first and last class. In the first class, we will have an introduction to research in marketing management and this particular Ph.D. seminar, while the last class will be devoted to allowing the remaining students to present their research proposals.
MKTG 571 – Marketing Strategy
Examines business-level marketing issues and solutions to problems in competitive business environments.
MKTG 590 – Colloquium
Continuing seminars that consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.
MKTG 596 – Individual Studies
Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
MKTG 597 – Special Topics
MKTG 600 – Thesis Research
MKTG 818 – B2B Marketing Strategy
This course is designed to provide students with a framework for value creation and delivery in business-to-business (B2B) markets. The course introduces basic concepts and theories of B2B marketing, includes application to various strategic B2B marketing decisions, and offers an overarching framework for B2B marketing strategy formation. The applied nature of the course is reflected in the focus on tools and frameworks, the use of case studies, cameos by B2B industry leaders, and assignments encouraging students to creatively approach and solve B2B marketing problems and make decisions that foster organic growth.
MKTG 833 – Business Marketing
MKTG 833 focuses on transactions between organizations, i.e., "Business-to-Business" (B2B) markets, which are critical to the growth and health of the economy, and an essential part of economic life. In most years, the $ volume of transactions between businesses exceeds transactions that are Business-to-Consumer (B2C). The bulk of online business is B2B. Yet, B2B markets differ fundamentally from B2C markets. In this class, students learn the language, concepts, theories, principles, and best practices of modern B2B marketing. The course follows a proven template for developing B2B marketing strategy to drive business results. This framework is called the Value Delivery Framework, and covers building a value understanding, strategy formulation, the design of customer value, the communication and delivery of customer value, and life-cycle management.
MTKG 450 – Marketing Strategy
Market-oriented problems of the firm; identification and selection of market opportunities; formulation of competitive strategies; marketing policies and programs.
Pauwels K., Arnould E., Ng S., Wuyts S. "Editorial -- How to publish in a top marketing journal" 2026-01-01
Beck B. B., Wuyts S., Jap S. "Guardians of Trust: How Review Platforms Can Fight Fakery and Build Consumer Trust" Journal of Marketing Research, vol. 61, 2024-08-01
Pauwels K., Arnould E., Ng S., Wuyts S. "Editorial-- Diversity, Innovation, Speed: Why IJRM" International Journal of Research in Marketing, 2024-01-01
Villena V. H., Cheng L., Wuyts S. "Realizing operational and innovation benefits in buyer-supplier relationships: The role of close ties to the partner's partners" International Journal of Operations and Production Management, vol. 44, 2024-01-01
Lilien G. L., Petersen J. A., WUYTS S. "Handbook of Business-to-Business Marketing, Second Edition" 2022-08-01
Stremersch S., Camacho N., Keko E., WUYTS S. "Grassroots Innovation Success: The Role of Self-Determination and Leadership Style" International Journal of Research in Marketing, 2022-01-01
WUYTS S., Mooi E. "Value from Technology Licensing--The Role of Monitoring and Licensing Experience" International Journal of Research in Marketing, vol. 38, 2021-12-01
Liechty J., WUYTS S. "'If I Had a Hedge Fund, I Would Cure Diabetes': Endogenous Mechanisms for Creating Public Goods" SN Business & Economics, 2021-10-01
Harmancioglu N., Wuyts S., Ozturan P. "Governance Implications of Modularity in Sourcing Relationships" Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, vol. 49, 2021-05-01
Srinivasan R., Wuyts S., Mallapragada G. "Corporate Board Interlocks and New Product Introductions" Journal of Marketing, vol. 82, 2018-01-01
Wuyts S., Rindfleisch A., Citrin A. "Outsourcing customer support: the role of provider customer focus" Journal of Operations Management, vol. 35, 2015-01-01
Geyskens I., Gielens K., Wuyts S. "United we stand: The impact of buying groups on retailer productivity" Journal of Marketing, vol. 79, 2015-01-01
Wuyts S., Dutta S. "Benefiting from alliance portfolio diversity -- the role of past internal knowledge creation strategy" Journal of Management, 2014-01-01
Raassens N., Wuyts S., Geyskens I. "The performance implications of outsourcing customer support to service providers in emerging versus established economies" International Journal of Research in Marketing, vol. 31, 2014-01-01
Koval M., Iurkov V., Wuyts S. "Breaking Up to Move Forward: The Value Gains of Alliance Terminations" Journal of Marketing
Slot J., Wuyts S., Geyskens I. "Does customer participation in outsourced NPD help or hurt? The role of relationship multiplexity" Journal of Operations Management