Benn R. Konsynski arrived at Goizueta Business School following six years on the faculty at the Harvard Business School where he taught in the MBA program and several executive programs. Prior to arriving at HBS, he was a professor at the University of Arizona where he was a co-founder of the university's multi-million dollar group decision support laboratory. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Purdue University.
He has published in such diverse journals as Communications of the ACM, Harvard Business Review, IEEE Transactions on Communications, MIS Quarterly, Journal of MIS, Data Communications, Decision Sciences, Decision Support Systems, Information Systems, and IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering.
Education
Purdue University
PhD
Computer Science
Areas of Expertise
Electronic data interchange (EDI)
Channel systems
Electronic integration
Information partnerships
Digital Commerce
Publications
Research commentary-Platform evolution: Coevolution of platform architecture, governance, and environmental dynamics
Information Systems Research
2010
The emergence of software-based platforms is shifting competition toward platform-centric ecosystems, although this phenomenon has not received much attention in information systems research. Our premise is that the coevolution of the design, governance, and ...
Complementarities between organizational IT architecture and governance structure
Information Systems Research
2009-02-26
This study addresses the theoretically neglected interplay between organizational information technology (IT) architecture and IT governance structure in shaping IT alignment. We theoretically develop the idea that IT architecture modularity helps sustain IT ...
Second Life and other virtual worlds: A roadmap for research
28th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)
2007
Virtual worlds like Second Life are becoming important tools for, among other activities, socialization, social networking, entertainment, collaboration, and business development. These environments offer information systems researchers a unique ...
Strategic and institutional perspectives in the adoption and early integration of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
System Sciences
2007
Using multiple lenses of strategic choice theories (diffusion of innovation, organizational innovativeness) and institutional theory as the basis and reflecting data from semi-structured interviews and news reports, the study develops an integrative conceptual ...
Virtual worlds: multi-disciplinary research opportunities
ACM SIGMIS Database
2007
Virtual worlds are now a reality, representing intriguing environments for researchers from multiple fields to pursue collaborative investigations. To provide a background, we first highlight the basic business and sociological phenomena occurring ...
Goizueta information systems and operations management professor Benn Konsynski on the 30th birthday of WWW:
"... Many of us were on the internet before WWW -researchers, academic, military, libraries, etc. The operating protocols on top of the basic Internet protocols were useful, but often specialized. The world of commerce and social interchange needed a simple standard to offer creative outlet beyond specific applications and closed systems.
"Sir Tim Berners-Lee brought that with common protocols for describing content (HTML), moving/referencing content (HTTP) and browser technologies for viewing and manipulating content. Over the next few years, commerce and social exchange exploded after these protocols took root. By 1995 the internet world opened to business and the general market with expectations and promise."
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As Airbnb and Uber take America by storm, are cities in the right or wrong to clamp down, regulate and get their cut of the sharing economy? Emory’s Charles S. Goetz of the Goizueta Business School can help explain if government is in the right and how law makers need to adapt to the economic innovation and modern ways of doing business.
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Visual artists see opportunities, challenges in the NFT space - Marketplace
Marketplace online
2022-04-13
Atlanta muralist Greg Mike recalls the first time he heard the phrase “minting. ” It was at a bitcoin conference in San Francisco four years ago.
Networking 2.0 Series: What’s Next for Professional Networking?
CKGSB Knowledge online
2017-09-10
Data analytics can help identify factors that correlate with success in particular projects or occupation, which should help break down certain kinds of older networks that weren’t based on merit.
IDR, Inc. Presents Inaugural Speaker Series, “Elevate 2016”
PRWEB online
2016-04-11
Eric French, Founder and President of IDR, is proud to introduce speakers Kelly Kierans, President and COO at Celtic Testing Experts, Mike Cleland, Staffing Industry Consultant at Charted Path, Nash Ogden, President at Innoppl Inc. and Dr. Benn Konsynski, Professor at Goizueta Business School Emory University. Hiring managers, CIO’s, industry leaders and executives are among the guest list...
The inconvenient truth about the convenience of technology
Emory News Center online
2015-12-14
What followed was an “explosion of adoption and consumer-driven content,” says Benn Konsynski, George S. Craft Distinguished University Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management at Goizueta. “Consumers came online and were not just shopping but also adding content.”...
Anthem data breach could be 'lifelong battle' for customers
IndyStar online
2015-02-07
Numerous tools exist that companies can deploy and this episode brings home the need for better protective measures, said Benn Konsynski, George S. Craft professor of information systems and operations management at Emory University's Goizueta Business School.
"The scale is enormous. I am sort of bewildered that we still have this magnitude of exposure," he said. "It certainly is the third or the fourth wake-up call to the market. ... (It) is incumbent on firms like that to go the extra mile to make sure that exposure is prevented or minimized in those processes."...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Experts say Home Depot data breach widespread
AJC online
2014-09-03
Benn Konsynski, an Emory University cyber security expert and information systems professor, said the size of the breaches is troubling.
“It says that this information has accumulated in single repositories and is accessible,” he said. “Our practices are 20th century while we in the 21st century. The bad guys are operating with 21st century tools.”...
Instructor: Benn Konsynski, George S. Craft Distinguished University Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management, Goizueta Business School...
