Research Interests
Pricing, prosocial decisions, decisions in competitive environments, search decisions, competitive strategies, game theory and experimental economics.
Professor Vincent Mak
He was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – from where he obtained his PhD – prior to joining the Judge. Vincent’s research lies in how consumers and firms make strategic decisions as they interact with each other, and economic and psychological factors influence those decisions. His teaching experience ranges from undergraduate to MBA, EMBA, executive education, and PhD-level provisions.
Qualifications
- BA
- MMath
- MSc (University of Cambridge)
- PhD (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Selected Publications
Mak, V., Seale, D.A., Rapoport, A. and Gisches, E.J. (2019) “Voting rules in sequential search by committees: theory and experiments.” Management Science, 65(9): 3949-4450 (DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2018.3146)
KC, R.P., Kunter, M. and Mak, V. (2018) “The influence of a competition on non-competitors.” In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 115(11): 2716-2721 (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1717301115)
Research findings featured on Yahoo Finance
Pattaratanakun, J.A. and Mak, V. (2015) “Culture moderates biases in search decisions.” Psychological Science, 26(8): 1229-1240 (DOI: 10.1177/0956797615583979)
Research findings featured in The Conversation, Phys.org and The Telegraph
Schlapp, J., Oraiopoulos, N. and Mak, V. (2015) “Resource allocation decisions under imperfect evaluation and organizational dynamics.” Management Science, 61(9): 2013-2280 (DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2014.2083)
Mak, V., Zwick, R., Rao, A.R. and Pattaratanakun, J.A. (2015) “‘Pay-what-you-want’ as threshold public good provision.” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 127: 30-43 (DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2014.11.004)
Research findings featured in The Independent, The Conversation and Wirtschafts Woche
Mak, V., Rapoport, A., Gisches, E.J. and Han, J. (2014) “Purchasing scarce products under dynamic pricing: an experimental investigation.” Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 16(3): 425-438 (DOI: 10.1287/msom.2014.0480)