prof. dr. Ruud Frambach

Full Professor, School of Business and Economics, Marketing

Full Professor, Amsterdam Business Research Institute

Personal information

Ruud Frambach is Professor of Marketing at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam since 2000. He holds a PhD in Marketing from Tilburg University. Before joining the Vrije Universiteit, he was affiliated with Tilburg University and Ghent University (Belgium). In 2008 he was a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on innovation and strategic marketing. He has published papers in journals such as the International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Letters, Journal of Product Innovation Management and Journal of Business Research and has (co-) authored several books on Marketing and Marketing Strategy.

Research

Innovation (adoption, resistance, diffusion and use of innovations, including self-services)
Strategic marketing (strategic role of marketing for organizations and stakeholders)
Business models (creating and innovating successful business models)
Healthcare (providing value for patients and healthcare providers using eHealth and mHealth)

Teaching

Program Director of the parttime Master of Science in Marketing program

Prizes and Awards

Winner PIM Marketing Literature Prize Best Marketing Book of the Year 2018 for 'Doet Marketing Ertoe?' ("Does Marketing Matter?"), Boom uitgevers Amsterdam, 2018
Finalist Best Paper Award, International Journal of Research in Marketing, 2011
Elsevier Award of Top cited article 2007-2011 for paper in Journal of Interactive Marketing, 2007
Winner Best Poster Presentation, Organization Science Winter Conference, 2010
Winner PIM Marketing Literature Prize Best Marketing Book of the Year 2008 for Marketing aan de Top (with Peter S.H. Leeflang), Amsterdam: FT/Prentice Hall, 2009
Finalist Best Paper Award, Journal of Service Research, 2009
Winner Best Teacher Award VU University Amsterdam, 2006, (Finalist 2003)
Winner Best Teacher Award School of Business and Economics, 2006, 2004, 2003
Honourable mention Marketing Science Institute/International Journal of Research in Marketing Research Competition on Global Marketing, 2003