Undergraduate and MBA education is a core part of the WCAI. Our courses will help train student leaders to shape this industry.
Alumni play a key role in WCAI, serving as student mentors, guest speakers, WCAI ambassadors and providing unique insight into the analytics industry.
WCAI conferences and workshops are a great way to stay up-to-date on current research being conducted with individual-level data.
Student programs, like our Inside the Industry and Executive-in-Residence, introduce students to current analytics professionals who share their experiences working with customer analytics.
The Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative in a genuine thought leader in data-driven customer analysis, applying academic research methods to a wide range of industries globally.
News & Multimedia
- May 2012: Is There Big Money in Big Data?
- Apr 2012: How Baby Names Can Help Marketers Predict the Next Big Thing?
- Apr 2012: Why Detailed Data is as Important as Big Data
- Apr. 2012: Big Data, Sparse Data
- Mar. 2012: Can Local Mobile Change Shoppers' Minds? It's Complicated
- Mar. 2012: Mobile Marketing: Location Matters - But How Much?
- Feb. 2012: Sifting Through the Ashes
- Feb. 2012: Customer Analytics: A New Lifeline for the Red Cross and Other Nonprofits?
- Jan. 2012: WCAI Applies a Unique Approach to Creating Academic-Industry Research Partnerships
- Dec. 2011: The Customer Lifetme Value Equation: Will it Pay Off for Tech Companies?
- Nov. 2011: WHYY tunes in to its donors' behavior
- Nov. 2011: Interview with Professor Pete Fader on customer centricity
- Oct. 2011: A Love/Hate Thing; Why Do We Find It Hard to Break Up with Our Bank
- Oct. 2011: Are you "Customer Centric"?
- Oct. 2011: If You Want to Be Customer-Centric, You Have to Be Direct

WCAI Announcements
- Want more WCAI research content? Take the survey to let us know what you think!
- New Research Opportunity: "If you LIKE will you buy? New Data on Social Media Exposure and Purchase Behavior" - view webinar on-demand
- INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Boston, MA, 6/7 - 6/9, Special WCAI Research Session on 6/7
- 2012 ART Forum, Seattle, WA, 6/24 - 6/27, Keynote by Eric Bradlow and Tutorials with Pete Fader & Elea Feit, more information




