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Consumer Behavior
Research by marketing professor Shijie Lu looks at how the abrupt move to online learning during the COVID-19 lockdown affected college students’ performance in China.
Consumer Behavior
A study by Jianna Jin and her co-authors shows that non-humanlike chatbots are preferred when consumers purchase embarrassing products.
Consumer Behavior
Marketing professor Vamsi Kanuri and his co-authors researched how customers respond when banks investigate fraud.
Consumer Behavior
Research from Notre Dame shows refunding money to customers may not be enough to keep them. They want banks to find the bad guy.
Consumer Behavior
Whether a bank’s fraud investigation results in finding the perpetrator “actually does matter quite a bit in terms of customers continuing with banks,” said Vamsi Kanuri, a Notre Dame professor.
Consumer Behavior
Banks that identify fraudsters can boost customer loyalty, according to research from the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business.
Consumer Behavior
Science Magazine covered research by marketing professor Vamsi Kanuri that showed when banks fail to assign clear responsibility for fraudulent transactions, customers respond by drastically diminishing their trust.

Consumer Behavior
Research by marketing professor Vamsi Kanuri found that if a bank can’t tell a customer who was responsible for a fraudulent transaction, that customer loses trust.
Analytics & Technology
The expanded Mendoza Behavioral Lab, a dedicated research center designed for examining human behavior as it relates to business, will enhance the College's tradition of thought leadership.
Consumer Behavior
When consumers know for sure they are interacting with a chatbot, they strongly prefer it over a human for embarrassing purchases according to a study by marketing professor Jianna Jin.