Brian
V.
Larson
CURRENT ADDRESS
Center
Widener
University
Media,
PA 19063
Chester, PA
19013
Phone:
610-***-**** Fax: 610-***-****
E-Mail:
abqiff@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D.
1999 -- Oklahoma State University; Stillwater, OK (Marketing) Dissertation: Doing
Well By Doing Good: Linking Cause-Related Marketing to
Employees
Corporate Evaluations
MBA; BA
1993; 1991 -- Chadron State College; Chadron, Nebraska
MBA -- Concentration in Marketing Management
BA -- Major: Marketing Minor:
Agriculture
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
(Widener
University) 1999 - present
Marketing
Strategy (MBA) Marketing Research
Advertising and Promotions Sport Sales
and Marketing
Sport Management Marketing
Principles
Introduction to Business Consumer
Behavior
International Business
(Oklahoma
State University) 1994 - 99
Advertising
and Promotions Sales Management
Principles of
Marketing
(Langston
University) 1997 - 98
Spring
1998 Strategic Decision Making
Professional Business Communications
Fall
1997 Strategic Decision Making
Professional Business Communications
PUBLICATIONS
Larson, Brian
V. and Doug Seymour (2006), Good Game, Good Game: Applying ServQual to and
Assessing an NFL Concession s Service Quality,
Business Research Yearbook:
Global Business Perspectives,
Durham, Brooks and Brian V.
Larson (2005), Marketing Myopia Revisited: Review, Responses, and
Recommendations with the Music Recording Industry, Journal of E-Business
PUBLICATIONS
(continued)
Case, Carl,
Brian Larson, and Richard Silkoff (2005), Introducing the VISION Model of
virtual Networking Business Research Yearbook: Global Business
Perspectives, Vol. 12, p.178-183
Larson,
Brian, Kevin Gwinner, and Scott Swanson (2004), Reaching the Highest Fruit: A
Study of Professional Sports Targeting Women Business Research Yearbook:
Global Business Perspectives, Carolyn Gardner, Jerry Biberman and Abbass
Alkhafaji eds., McNaughton and Gunn, Inc., Saline, MI, vol. 11, p.1099-1103
Swanson,
Scott, Kevin Gwinner, Brian Larson, and Swinder Janda (2003), Motivations of
College Student Game Attendance and Word-of-Mouth Behavior: The Impact of Gender
Differences Sport Marketing Quarterly, 12 (3) September
Larson, Brian
V. and Myroslaw J. Kyj (2002), Recruiting College Students with Web-Based
Promotions: What Attracts and Affects Them? Journal of Promotion Management,
vol. 9, n.1. p.
*Research
Contributor Corporate Identity and Corporate Associations: A Framework for
Research in Marketing, Corporate Reputation Review invited article,
edited by Tom J. Brown and Peter Dacin
Larson, Brian
V. (2001), Gaining from a Giving Relationship: A Model to Determine
Cause-Related Marketing Efforts Effects on Employees, Journal of Nonprofit
and Public Sector Marketing, vol. 8, n.4, p.31-44
Larson, Brian
V. (2001), Relationship Selling: Finding a Revelation or Findings of a
Re-evolution, Journal of Promotion Management, vol. 7, n.1/2, p.41-53
*Larson,
Brian V. (2001) Sport Marketing 2E Graphics Package, Human Kinetics
Publishing, Champaign, IL
Larson, Brian
V. and Richard Germain (2000), Relational Marketing: How New Is It?
Business Research Yearbook: Global Business Perspectives, Jerry Biberman
and Abbass Alkhafaji eds., (Spring), McNaughton and Gunn, Inc., Saline, MI, vol.
7, p.55-59
* Corporate/Cause Alliances Appeal to Salespeople as Well as Consumers, The
Sponsorship Newsletter, (September 2000) vol.5, no. 8, p.7
* Cause-Related Marketing: Its Effects on Internal Marketers, Causes &
Effects: The Newsletter of Corporate Social Responsibility, (May 2000), vol.
15, no. 4, p.3
*(indicates
non peer reviewed)
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Larson, Brian
V. and Doug Seymour (2006), Good Game, Good Game: Applying ServQual to and
Assessing an NFL Concession s Service Quality, International Academy of
Business Disciplines 18th Annual Conference,
San Diego,
CA
Larson, Brian
V., A. Douglas Bender, and Dennis R. Laker (2006), The Aging Sport Fan: Is the
Coming of the Baby Boomer Going to Change the Way We Market Spectator Sports?
2006 American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences 13th
Annual Conference
Larson, Brian
V., Richard P. Silkoff, and Carl J. Case (2006), A Preliminary Investigation of
The Vision Model of Virtual Networking,
International Academy of Business
Disciplines 18th Annual Conference,
San Diego, CA
Case, Carl,
Brian V. Larson, and Richard Silkoff (2005), Introducing the VISION Model of
Virtual Networking International Academy of Business Disciplines
Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
Larson, Brian
V., Kevin Gwinner, and Scott Swanson (2004), Reaching the Highest Fruit: A
Study of Professional Sports Targeting Women
International Academy of Business
Disciplines, San
Antonio, TX
Durham, Brooks and Brian V.
Larson (2003), Marketing Myopia In The Music Recording Industry, Atlantic
Marketing Association Annual Conference Proceedings, Portland, ME
Larson, Brian V. and John Nagy
(2003), Assessing the NFL's Marketing: A League Discussion and Team Analysis,
Association of Pennsylvania University Business and Economic Faculty Annual
Meeting, State College, PA
Gwinner,
Kevin, Scott Swanson, and Brian V. Larson (2002), Image
Transfer and the Impact of Team Identification on Sponsorship Related Behavioral
Intentions American Marketing Association Faculty Consortium on
Sports Marketing, Presented by: AMA & University of Kentucky Gatton College
of Business & Economics, Lexington, KY
Gwinner,
Kevin, Scott Swanson, and Brian V. Larson (2002), Corporate Event Sponsorship:
Assessing the Impact of Team Identification on Image Transfer American
Marketing Association Summer Educators Conference, San Diego, CA.
Larson, Brian V., Thomas J.
Brown, and Joshua L. Wiener (2002), Cause-Related
Marketing: Effects On Marketing Representatives Corporate Evaluations,
AMA Academic Council and Oklahoma State University - Sponsored Conference
entitled: Exploring Corporate Associations: Developing a Research Agenda,
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Larson, Brian
V., Gary L. Frankwick, and Bradley D. Carlson (2002), The Effect of Retail
Sales Training on Performance The Association of Marketing Theory & Practice,
Savannah, GA
Swanson,
Scott, Kevin Gwinner, and Brian Larson (2001), Take Me Out to the Ballgame:
What Motivates Fan Game Attendance and Word-of-Mouth Behavior? AMA Summer
Educators Conference Marketing Theory and Applications Proceedings, Washington, DC.
CONFERENCE
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS (continued)
Eaton, John,
Kevin Gwinner, Brian Larson, Scott Swanson (2001), The Role of Spectators
Attitudes Toward Commercialization on the Effectiveness of Corporate Sponsorship
of Sporting Events,
Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference,
San Diego, CA
Larson, Brian
V. and Myroslaw J. Kyj (2001), Recruiting College Students with Web-Based
Promotions: What Attracts and Affects Them, 10th Biennial
World Marketing Congress, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Larson, Brian
V. (2000), The Importance of Relationship Selling at the Beginning of the
Century the Last Century That Is, AMA Summer Educators Conference Marketing
Theory and Applications Proceedings, Chicago, IL, p. 263-269 **Abstract
reviewed in the Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management (Winter 2001)
v.21, n.1
Larson, Brian
V. (2000), Cause-Related Marketing: Its Effect on Internal Stakeholders,
Atlantic Marketing Association Annual Conference Proceedings, Charleston, SC
Larson, Brian
V. and John C. Mowen (2000), Bringing Experts, Customers, and Service Providers
together: A Replication and Extension of the Quality Lens Model, North
American Association of Sport Management Conference, Colorado Springs,
Colorado
Larson, Brian
V. and Richard Germain (2000), Relational Marketing: How New Is It?
International Association for Business Development Conference, Las Vegas, NV
Larson, Brian
V. (1998), Of Interest to Public Policy: The Effect of Involvement on Consumer
Perception of Banking Services, in Marketing and Public Policy Proceedings,
eds. Alan Andreasen, Alex Simonson, and N. Craig Smith, Arlington, Virginia,
vol. 8, 9-10
Larson, Brian
V. and Gary L. Frankwick (1998), Evolution of a Virtual Enterprise: A
Sociological Perspective, in Developments in Marketing Science, eds.
John B. Ford and Earl D. Honeycutt, Jr.; Norfolk, VA; vol. 21; 316-320
Senthil
Kumar, Brian V. Larson, and Gary L. Frankwick (1998), Evolution of a
Cooperative Virtual Enterprise: An Integrated Theoretical Framework,
Developments in Marketing Science, eds. John B. Ford and Earl D. Honeycutt,
Jr.; Norfolk, VA; vol. 21; 184-189
Larson, Brian
V. (1998), Identification With a Not-for-Profit s Cause: The Moderating Effect
of Organizational Culture, Presented at the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS)
Conference, Norfolk, Virginia
Larson, Brian
V. (1998), Improving Corporate Associations Internally: A Model To Link
Cause-Related Marketing Partner Evaluations Back To Salespersons Corporate
Evaluations, Nebraska Doctoral Student Symposium, University of Nebraska;
Lincoln, NE
CONFERENCE
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS (continued)
Larson, Brian
V. (1997), An Examination of Relational Cohesion Theory, AMA Winter
Educators Conference Marketing Theory and Applications Proceedings, eds.
Debbie Thorne LeClair and Michael Hartline, vol. 8, St. Petersburg, FL
Larson, Brian
V. (1997), Retail Salesperson Training and Its Effect on Performance Presented
at Oklahoma State University Graduate Symposium; Stillwater, OK
Larson, Brian
V. (1996), Of Interest to Banking Customer Involvement Presented at Oklahoma
State University Graduate Symposium; Stillwater, OK
FUNDED
RESEARCH
2005
Sabbatical award research work
1998
Doing Well By Doing Good: Linking Cause-Related Marketing to Employees
Corporate
Evaluations. -- sponsored by a grant from ResourceOne, Inc.
1996
Analysis of Network Development Between Members of Manufacturing
Enterprises:
Computer Assisted Technology Transfer (CATT) -- sponsored by the US Department
of Defense
RESEARCH
IN PROGRESS
Larson, Brian V., Karen
Flaherty, Tom J. Brown, and Joshua L. Wiener; Cause-Related Marketing: Its
Effect on Internal Stakeholders, working paper; Status Revised and
resubmitted to the Journal of MarketingResearch (January 2006)
Gwinner,
Kevin, Brian V. Larson and, Scott Swanson, Attitude Toward Commercialization
and Its Effect on Sponsorship and Word-of-Mouth Behavior, To be submitted to
the International Journal ofSport Marketing and Sponsorship
Larson, Brian
V., Kevin P. Gwinner, and Scott Swanson, A Case Study of NFL Fans:
Demographics, Attitudes, Cognitions, and Behaviors, To be submitted to the
International Journal ofSport Marketing and Sponsorship
Larson,
Brian, Kevin Gwinner, Scott Swanson and Kamal Khilnani, Determining Differences
Between Genders in Sport Spectatorship, To be submitted to the Pennsylvania
Journal of Business and Economics
Frankwick,
Gary L. and Brian V. Larson, Results of the Evolution of a Virtual Enterprise:
A Sociological Perspective Status -- Data are analyzed and first draft
completed
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
North
American Society for Sport Management American Marketing
Association
North
American Society for the Sociology of Sport Academy of
Marketing Science
Association
for Marketing Theory and Practice Internatl Academy of
Bus. Disciplines
ACADEMIC SERVICE AND RECOGNITION
2006-2006 Widener University International MBA Coordinator
Widener University Sport Management Director
2005-2006
Sabbatical award research work
MBA Core Team
member
Initiated
On-Campus Kimmel Speaker Event bringing industry partners to campus to further
relations
Managed three
research events at Lincoln Financial Field using a total of about 40 students
for Aramark Corporation
2004-2005
Worked with Pennsylvania Language Institute (PLI) to enhance
International Business course and introduce prospective students to campus
Initiated program that brought MBA students to Lincoln
Financial Field to engineer
marketing
research instrument and procedures
2003-2004
Widener University SBA Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award
Nominated/listed (undergrad student) in Who s Who Among
America s Teachers
Inducted into
Beta Gamma Sigma
Secured
sponsorship of Outstanding Marketing Student Annual Award (for SBA Banquet) from
APPCO SportsWorld
Reviewer:
Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Conference; Service Marketing,
Non-Profit Marketing, Ethics Track
Reviewer:
Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Conference; Sport Marketing Track
Admissions
and Financial Aid Committee
Instructional
Resources Committee
Student Sport
Network Faculty Sponsor
2002-2003 Budget Planning and Assessment CommitteeAdmissions and Financial Aid Committee
SBA
Promotions and Tenure Committee
Student Sport
Network Faculty Sponsor
2001-2002
Reviewer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin Sports Marketing: Strategy and Cases
(textbook)
Reviewer:
Atlantic Marketing Association Conference; Tourism, Events, Sports, Hospitality,
and Entertainment Track
Session
Moderator: Association of Marketing Theory and Practice (AMTP) Conference,
March 27-30, Savannah, GA, Sport Marketing Track
Presenter:
BridgeWeek 2002, SPSS: Advanced Topics, w/ Anne Pollack, ITS
Selected
Freshmen Convocations Representative
Faculty
Marshall: 2002 CommencementAd-hoc Committee for Prizes and Awards member
Academic
Computing Services Committee
Budget
Planning and Assessment Committee
Received
Widener University Provost Grant used for Teaching Enrichment Project
Noted in
Widener University Newsmakers (twice)
Organized
efforts to host Sport Management Speakers Day
Student Sport
Network Faculty Sponsor2000-2001
Reviewer: Sports Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (SMAANZ)
Conference Chairperson: Ad-hoc Committee for Prizes and
Awards
Selected Freshmen
Convocations Representative Academic Computing
Services Committee MemberAttended Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker Mel
Korn
Faculty
Marshall for 2001 Commencement and sat among students
Received
Widener University Provost Grant used for Teaching Enrichment ProjectAuthored Sport Marketing 2nd
ed. teaching software for Human Kinetics, Inc.Widener University Academic Computer Services
Committee member Discussant: Atlantic
Marketing Association Summer Conference
Reviewer: Academy of Marketing Sciences Conference
Organized
efforts to host Sport Management Speakers Day
Student Sport
Network Faculty Sponsor
1999-2000
Faculty Advisor for Widener University Sport Network
Reviewer:
North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) Conference
Selected
Freshmen Convocations Representative
Widener
School of Bus. Admin. Electronic Media Assessment ad hoc committeeReceived Widener University Provost Grant used
for Teaching Enrichment Project
1998-99 Recipient of the Joseph H. and Paula S. Reed Distinguished
Graduate Fellowship
from the
College of Business Administration
1997-98 Council of Grad. Educ. & Research (team of self, OSU Pres. and
Grad. Coll. Dean)
Graduate Student Association Treasurer
Oklahoma
State University Academic Appeals Board member
1997
Discussant for the Nebraska Doctoral Student Symposium, University of
Nebraska; Lincoln, NE (Selected by OSU Department of Marketing)
Phoenix Award Committee Member (Award for Excellence in
Teaching and
Excellence in Research)
Spring Commencement Graduate Coordinator
1996-97 Graduate Student Association Executive Officer
Student Gov t Assoc.: Intergovernmental Liaison (awarded for service
excellence)
Faculty Associate for Resident Life
Graduate Student Advisor for OSU Indonesian Student Association
1995-96 Grad. Student Assoc. Senator -- Marketing Department
representative (elected)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2001-06 Rose Valley Borough Town Watch Patroller
2000-06 Notre Dame des Lourdes parish Lector Swarthmore, PA
2000 Smith-Kline Beecham s Ridley (PA) Summer Library Science
course volunteer
1997-98 Knights of Columbus (KofC) chapter officer Stillwater, OK
1996-97 KofC Community Director and chair of the Community Family
Speaker Series
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
2006 Aramark/Lincoln Financial Field Importance-Performance Study
2005 Aramark/Lincoln Financial Field Service Quality Assessment
Study
2004 Philadelphia Eagles Fan Touch Point Study
2003-04 Huskers Illustrated Strategic Assessment Study
2002 Philadelphia Eagles Commercialization Study
2001 Philadelphia Eagles Corporate Partner Assessment Study
2000 NFL 101 Workshop for Women Consumer Assessment Study
(Philadelphia Eagles)
Philadelphia Eagles FanFair Customer Assessment Study
Widener
University SBA Electronic Media Assessment
Widener
University Graduate Science Education Center Market Study
1996 -OSU Athletic Department -- Athletic Facility Expansion
Feasibility Study
-OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine --
Intraorganization Diffusion of
Innovation Study (Tulsa, OK)
-Southwestern Bell Telephone -- Secondary Research on
Consumer
Miscomprehension Study
1995 -Cimarron Trails Golf Course -- Consumer Geodemographic/Customer
Assessment Study
-OSU Athletic Department -- Ticket Office Consumer Study
-Stan Clark Enterprises -- Organizational Management
Study
SELECT EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
1999 Assistant/Associate Professor of Marketing, Widener
University1998
Consumer Airbag Safety Awareness Researcher-- auto manufacturer lawsuit
1994 -
99 Graduate Research Assistant at Oklahoma State University
1996 -
98 Adjunct Faculty at Langston University, Langston, OK
1995 -
98 Advisory Board, University Medallion; Hebron, NE
1993 -
94 Assistant Manager at Athletic X-Press; Rapid City, SD
1993
95 Event Advisor to Nebraska Ranch Exposition, Newport, NE
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2002 -
04 Marketing Sales Advisor Husker s Illustrated
1995 -
97 Executive Board of Advisors at Husker s Illustrated (Lincoln,
NE: Dallas, TX)
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