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lourim | Louvain-la-Neuve, Mons

Doctoral theses

The Partenamut-IPM Digital Marketing Chair supports doctoral research by funding theses.

Between 2016 and 2020, the chair enabled Laetitia Lambillotte to be the first doctoral student supported by its grant. She defended her thesis on November 30, 2020 with the title: Customer responses to personalized websites: essays on the process underlying experience. Discover here the summary of this research.

Since 2021, the chair is supporting its second doctoral student, Antoine Juquelier. He is from Mons. He obtained a Master's degree in Management Sciences with a specialisation in marketing in 2015 at the UCLouvain FUCaM Mons campus. He then accumulated professional experience in the private sector (Geoconsulting, CPM International, Computacenter) and in the public sector (CGRA) in several countries (Australia, Spain, Belgium). His PhD is supervised by Pr. Poncin and Pr. Hazée

His PhD thesis focuses on the consumer experience when interacting with artificial intelligence. Nowadays, more and more interactions between consumers and companies are done through intelligent interfaces (e.g. chatbot, virtual assistant, robot). These intelligent interfaces are changing the way consumers behave and interact with companies on a daily basis. Therefore, this research aims to better understand the consumer experience during these interactions by adopting an experiential perspective, which pays particular attention to the social and affective dimensions of this experience. The central questions of this research are: what are the affective and social responses of the consumer during these interactions with intelligent interfaces? What characteristics of the artificial intelligence (e.g. artificial empathy), the context (e.g. emotional state) and the individual (e.g. vulnerable consumer) influence these responses? What are the consequences of these interactions for companies (e.g. engagement) and for consumers (e.g. well-being)? By answering these questions, this research aims to make theoretical contributions in the research fields of customer experience, service and human-machine interactions, as well as to formulate managerial recommendations to companies and organisations. 

Awards

In 2021, researchers Laetitia Lambillotte, Nathan Magrofuoco, Prof. Ingrid Poncin and Prof. Jean Vanderdonckt received the best paper award at the AFM conference for a paper resulting from work supported by the Chair. Discover more about this award here

Publications

The Chair aims to reinforce LouRIM's scientific expertise in the field of digital marketing around topics such as consumer behavior, customer experience, personalization, digital health, adoption of new technologies, gamification, value creation as well as ethical concerns in the digital context. Three publications in leading journals were published in 2022. They provide an in-depth understanding of the impact of web personalisation on the consumer experience and all the positive and negative consequences that can arise from it. 

Discover here the publications made as part of the Chair.

  • Article de journal
    • 2026
      Juquelier, A., Hazée, S., Van Vaerenbergh, Y., & Poncin, I. (2026). Automated social presence in artificial agents: A conventional and qualitative comparative meta-analysis. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. Accepted/in-press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-026-01177-x (Original work published 2026)
    • 2025
      Cambier, F., Darke, P. R., & Poncin, I. (2025). Promoting crowdsourced new products: Competing co‐contributor attractiveness, similarity, and persuasion knowledge processes. The Journal of product innovation management, 42(4), 679-703. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12780 (Original work published 2025)
    • Juquelier, A., Poncin, I., & Hazée, S. (2025). Empathic chatbots: A double-edged sword in customer experiences. Journal of Business Research, 188(115074), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115074 (Original work published 2025)
    • Poncin, I. (2025). Rigueur, esprit critique et formation: les piliers d’une IA responsable. La Libre ECO. Published. (Original work published 2025)
    • 2024
      Sellier, Q., Sluÿters, A., Vanderdonckt, J., & Poncin, I. (2024). Evaluating gesture user interfaces: Quantitative measures, qualitative scales, and method. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 186(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2024.103242 (Original work published 2024)
    • Charry, K., Poncin, I., Kullak, A., & Hollebeek, L. (2024). Gamification’s role in fostering user engagement with healthy food-based digital content. Psychology & Marketing, 41(1)(1), 69-85. https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.21892 (Original work published 2024)
    • 2023
      Leclercq, T., & Poncin, I. (2023). Breaking down the crowd of backers: profiling cooperative strategies on a reward-based crowdfunding platform. Journal of Marketing Management, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257x.2023.2203710 (Original work published 2023)
    • Betti, N., DeSimone, S., Gray, J., & Poncin, I. (2023). The impacts of the use of data analytics and the performance of consulting activities on perceived internal audit quality. Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change. Published. https://doi.org/10.1108/jaoc-08-2022-0125 (Original work published 2023)
    • 2022
      Lambillotte, L., Bart, Y., & Poncin, I. (2022). When Does Information Transparency Reduce Downside of Personalization? Role of Need for Cognition and Perceived Control. Journal of Interactive Marketing, 57(3), 393-420. https://doi.org/10.1177/10949968221095557 (Original work published 2022)
    • Poncin, I., Hammedi, W., & Lancelot-Miltgen, C. (2022). Advocacy for expanding research on technologies, experiences, services, and beyond! Recherche et Applications en Marketing, 37(3), 2-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/20515707221136986 (Original work published 2022)
    • Lambillotte, L., & Poncin, I. (2022). Customers facing companies’ content personalisation attempts: paradoxical tensions, strategies and managerial insights. Journal of Marketing Management, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257x.2022.2105384 (Original work published 2022)
    • Poncin, I., Hammedi, W., & Lancelot-Miltgen, C. (2022). Technologies, expériences, services et au-delà ! Plaidoyer pour développer la recherche sur les technologies, les expériences et les services. Recherche et Applications en Marketing, 37(4), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/07673701221128142 (Original work published 2022)
    • Lambillotte, L., Magrofuoco, N., Poncin, I., & Vanderdonckt, J. (2022). Enhancing playful customer experience with personalization. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services : forging the link between research and practice, 68, 103017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2022.103017 (Original work published 2022)
    • 2021
      Fall, N. A. M., Diop-Sall, F., & Poncin, I. (2021). Drivers of the experience value of mobile money transfer service: Senegaleseuser perspectives. Journal of Services Marketing, 35(7), 901-917. https://doi.org/10.1108/jsm-07-2020-0282 (Original work published 2021)
    • Hammedi, W., Leclercq, T., Poncin, I., & Alkire, L. (2021). Uncovering the dark side of gamification at work: Impacts on engagement and well-being. Journal of Business Research, 122, 256-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.08.032 (Original work published 2021)
    • Betti, N., Sarens, G., & Poncin, I. (2021). Effects of digitalisation of organisations on internal audit activities and practices. Managerial Auditing Journal, 36(6), 872-888. https://doi.org/10.1108/maj-08-2020-2792 (Original work published 2021)
    • 2020
      Cambier, F., & Poncin, I. (2020). Inferring Brand Integrity from Marketing Communications:The Effects of Brand Transparency Signals in a Consumer Empowerment Context. Journal of Business Research, 109(2020), 260-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.11.060 (Original work published 2020)
    • Leclercq, T., Poncin, I., Hammedi, W., Kullak, A., & Hollebeek, L. D. (2020). When gamification backfires: the impact of perceived justice on online community contributions. Journal of Marketing Management, 36(5-6), 550-577. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257x.2020.1736604 (Original work published 2020)
    • Leclercq, T., Poncin, I., & Hammedi, W. (2020). Opening the black box of gameful experiences: Implications for gamification process design. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services : forging the link between research and practice, 52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2019.07.007 (Original work published 2020)
    • Lajante, M., Droulers, O., Derbaix, C., & Poncin, I. (2020). Looking at aesthetic emotions in advertising research through a psychophysiological perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.553100 (Original work published 2020)
    • Pleyers, G., & Poncin, I. (2020). Non-immersive virtual reality technologies in real estate: How customer experience drives attitudes toward properties and the service provider. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services : forging the link between research and practice, 57, 102175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102175 (Original work published 2020)
    • 2019
      Garnier, M., & Poncin, I. (2019). Do enriched digital catalogues offer compelling experiences, beyond websites? A comparative analysis through the IKEA case. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services : forging the link between research and practice, 47(47), 361-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2018.12.011 (Original work published 2019)
    • Poncin, I. (2019). Vers un monde robot ? La Libre Belgique, 3 December. (Original work published 2019)
    • 2018
      Poncin, I. (2018). Le RGPD en question -. La Libre Belgique, MAi(28), 10. (Original work published 2018)
    • Leclercq, T., Wafa, H., & Poncin, I. (2018). The Boundaries of Gamification for Engaging Customers: Effects of Losing a Contest in Online Co-creation Communities. Journal of Interactive Marketing, 44, 82-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intmar.2018.04.004 (Original work published 2018)
    • 2017
      Derbaix, C., Poncin, I., Derbaix, M., Naglieri, A., & Derbaix, A. (2017). Fusions et acquisitions : Réactions des consommateurs au redéploiement des marques. Revue française de gestion, 7(268), 97-132. https://doi.org/10.3166/rfg.2017.00177 (Original work published 2017)
    • Poncin, I., Garnier, M., Ben Mimoun, M. S., & Leclercq, T. (2017). Smart technologies and shopping experience: Are gamification interfaces effective? The case of the Smartstore. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 124, 320-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.01.025 (Original work published 2017)
    • Ben Mimoun, M. S., Poncin, I., & Garnier, M. (2017). Animated conversational agents and e-consumer productivity: The roles of agents and individual characteristics. Information & Management, 54, 545-559. (Original work published 2017)
    • Derbaix, C., Poncin, I., Derbaix, M., Naglieri, A., & Derbaix, A. (2017). Fusions et Acquisitions. Réactions des Consommateurs au Redéploiement des Marques. Revue française de gestion, 32, 97-132. (Original work published 2017)
    • 2016
      Leclercq, T., Hammedi, W., & Poncin, I. (2016). Dix ans de co-création de valeur: une revue intégrative. Recherche et Applications en Marketing, 31(2), 1. (Original work published 2016)
  • Papier de conférence
  • Document de travail
  • Chapitre de livre
    • 2022
      Kullak, A., Charry, K., & Poncin, I. (2022). Efficacité des applications « santé »… tout est question d’équilibre. In Karine Gallopel-Morvan, Dominique Crié (ed.), Marketing Social et Nudges (p. p. 408). Editions EMS.
    • Lambillotte, L., Bart, Y., & Poncin, I. (2022). Personalized Online Customer Experience: The Effect of Information Transparency: An Abstract. In F. Pantoja, S. Wu (eds) (ed.), From micro to macro: dealing with uncertainties in the global marketplace (p. p. 327-328). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89883-0_84
    • 2021
      Ducarroz, C., & Poncin, I. (2021). Les analyses de variance univariée (ANOVA) et multivariée (MANOVA). In Coordonné par Eva Delacroix, Alain Jolibert, Elisa Monnot et Philippe Jourdan (ed.), Marketing Research (DUNOD). DUNOD.
    • 2020
      Djelassi, S., Cambier, F., & Poncin, I. (2020). Consumers’ Non-Participation in Creative Crowdsourcing: Exploration Through the Lenses of Meaning of Work: An Abstract. In S. Wu, F. Pantoja, N. Krey (eds) (ed.), Marketing opportunities and challenges in a changing global marketplace (p. p. 321-322). springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39165-2_129
    • van de Sanden, S., Willems, K., Poncin, I., & Brengman, M. (2020). Digital Signage in the Store Atmosphere: Balancing Gains and Pains. In Eleonora Pantano (ed.), Retail Futures: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Digital Transformation (p. p. 53-69). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83867-663-620201010
    • 2019
      Hammedi, W., Leclercq, T., & Poncin, I. (2019). Customer Engagement: The Role of Gamification. In Linda D. Hollebeek, David E. Sprott (ed.), Handbook of Research on Customer Engagement. Edward Elgar Publishing.