Erik Brynjolfsson

Erik Brynjolfsson

Erik Brynjolfsson (born April 14, 1962) is the Schussel Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Director of the MIT Center for Digital Business. His research and teaching focus on how businesses can effectively use information technology.

Brynjolfsson earned his A.B., "Magna cum laude", and S.M. in Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences at Harvard University in 1984. He received a Ph.D. in Managerial Economics from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1991 and has served on the faculties of MIT, Harvard and Stanford Business School.

Brynjolfsson has made important contributions to the world of IT Productivity research and his research has been recognized with nine "best paper" awards by fellow academics and five U.S. patents. His recent research examines intangible assets, information worker productivity, the Long Tail in digital goods, and business process replication. At MIT, he teaches a class on "The Economics of Information: Strategy, Structure and Pricing".

Brynjolfsson lectures and consults worldwide, and serves on several corporate boards. He was also a contributing member to the Winter, 2004 Boston Ski and Sports Club (BSSC) Championship flag football team.

External links

* [http://digital.mit.edu/erik MIT Web Site]
* Profile in [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_39/b3851623.htm?chan=search Business Week] , September 29, 2003. (“If e-business had an oracle, Erik Brynjolfsson would be the anointed.”)
* Profile in [http://www.optimizemag.com/disciplines/business-leadership/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171201828&pgno=2&queryText=null Optimize] , October, 2005. (Brynjolfsson ranked second in research study of “most influential academics of business technology”)
* Profile in [http://www.scmr.com/article/CA6300591.html?text=brynjolfsson Supply Chain Management] , January, 2006.
* [http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,1457918,00.asp CIO Insight] Interview, “Expert Voice: Erik Brynjolfsson on Organizational Capital” October, 2001.
* Profile in [http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printHTMLArticle.jhtml?article=/782/productiv4.htm Informationweek] , April 17, 2000. (“When it comes to explaining the relationship between IT and worker productivity--bandwagon jumpers like Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan notwithstanding--the generally acknowledged expert in the field is Erik Brynjolfsson…”)

Works

Computers, Productivity and Organizational Capital

* Brynjolfsson, Erik and Hitt, Lorin (June 2003) [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=290325"Computing Productivity: Firm-level Evidence,] "Review of Economics and Statistics".
* Brynjolfsson, Erik and Hitt, Lorin (Fall 2000) "Beyond Computation: Information Technology, Organizational Transformation and Business Performance," "Journal of Economic Perspectives", Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 23-48.

* Bresnahan, Timothy, Brynjolfsson, Erik and Hitt, Lorin (February, 2002) "Information Technology, Workplace Organization and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm Level Evidence" "Quarterly Journal of Economics", Vol. 117, pp. 339-376.

* Brynjolfsson, Erik, Hitt, Lorin and Yang, Shinkyu (2002)"Intangible Assets: Computers and Organizational Capital", "Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Macroeconomics", 137-199.

Bundling and Pricing of Information Goods

* Bakos, Yannis and Brynjolfsson, Erik (December, 1999) "Bundling Information Goods: Pricing, Profits and Efficiency", "Management Science," Vol. 45, No. 12, pp. 1613-1630.

* Bakos, Yannis and Brynjolfsson, Erik (January, 2000) "Bundling and Competition on the Internet", "Marketing Science," Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 63-82.

Internet Commerce and the Long Tail

* Brynjolfsson, Erik, Smith, Michael and Hu, Yu (November, 2003) "Consumer Surplus in the Digital Economy: Estimating the Value of Increased Product Variety atOnline Booksellers," "Management Science," Vol 49, No. 11.


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