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William L. Cron is Professor of Marketing in the M. J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. He received his MBA and DBA from Indiana University and his BSBA from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Professor Cron has also taught at Southern Methodist University, the University of Wuhun, Universitat Bern Switzerland, and the University of Dijon France.

Thomas E. DeCarlo is Associate Professor of Marketing and the ISU Business Analysis Lab Faculty Scholar in the Business School at Iowa State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and his BA from North Carolina State University.