Information SyStems
Goal
Whether our research and teaching is technically-focused or organizationally-oriented, we seek to understand the impact and implications of information systems and technology on business strategy, processes, and operations.
The Information Systems Department is ranked among the top 10 IS departments in the US by The Wall Street Journal.
Research Interests
- Emergent Network forms of markets and organizations: we are interested in how markets and organizations can be effectively designed given the pervasive availability of new information and communication technologies. This includes the study of new forms of alliances and networks as well as new communities and new processes.
- Organizational Capability through new technologies: we are focused on understanding how to leverage new technologies such as mobile Internet, new telecommunications technologies, RFID, mote technologies and visualization tools.
- Investing in IT: we have focused on the economic issues pertaining to investment in IT and how best to leverage value from new IT function.
Faculty
| Jeffrey Allen |
Assistant Professor |
| Paul Carlile |
Associate Professor |
| John Chalykoff |
Professor/Chair/Associate Dean, Academic Progams/Faculty Director, MS·MBA Program |
| Kathleen Curley |
Research Professor/Faculty Director, SRC |
| Mark Gaynor |
Assistant Professor |
| John Henderson |
Richard C. Shipley Professor in Management/Faculty Director, BUILDE |
| Michael Lawson |
Professor/Senior Associate Dean |
| Lihui Lin |
Assistant Professor |
| Ganesan Shankaranarayanan |
Assistant Professor |
| Fernando Suarez |
Associate Professor |
| Marshall Van Alstyne |
Associate Professor |
| N. Venkatraman |
David J. McGrath, Jr. Professor in Management |
| Stephanie Watts |
Assistant Professor |
| George Wyner |
Assistant Professor |
| Bin Zhu |
Assistant Professor |
For general inquiries, please contact:
Christopher Tuite
Program Coordinator
E-mail: ctuite@bu.edu
Phone: (617) 353-2523
Fax: (617) 353-5003
