Maximilian Beichert

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing at Bocconi University. Before joining Bocconi, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher at HEC Paris and received my PhD in Quantitative Marketing from the University of Mannheim.

 

My research examines how digital creators, influencers, and user-generated content networks shape consumer behavior, firm performance, and society. I work at the intersection of empirical quantitative marketing and information systems, combining large-scale field data, empirical modeling, and field experiments.

 

My work has been published in the Journal of Marketing, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and MIT Sloan Management Review, and has been featured among others, in Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. Alongside my coauthors, my research has received recognition from the American Marketing Association and the Marketing Science Institute, including the 2025 Don Lehmann Award and the 2024 AMA/MSI/H. Paul Root Award, with additional distinctions from WISE, EMAC/Enginius, GESS/CDSB, and the German Direct Selling Association. 

Assistant Professor
Research interests

My multi-method research projects cover social influence in user-generated content networks. My research interests meet at the interface of empirical quantitative marketing and information systems. Specifically, I research sales-driven influencer marketing and its impact on society.