Michel Benaroch
Associate Dean for Research and Ph.D. Programs, Professor of Management Information Systems
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Professor Benaroch is Associate Dean for Research and Ph.D. Programs and Professor of MIS at the Whitman School of Management. Professor Benaroch's primary research addresses issues concerning the economics of cybersecurity, IT investments, and IT investment risk. He is also interested in ontology-centered knowledge representation and artificial intelligence applications in finance and business. He has published extensively in information systems and computer science journals, including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of MIS, IEEE Transaction on Software Engineering, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, and International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. He was ranked #26 (out of top-100 researchers worldwide) who published in top Information Systems journals (MISQ, ISR, JMIS, and JAIS) during 1999-2011.
While at Whitman, Professor Benaroch has taught courses on business analytics, customer relationship management analytics, management of information technology (IT), IT and Electronic Commerce, decision-support and data mining technologies, and database management. He has also taught at the Israeli Institute of Technology (Technion), New York University, and the University of Rochester.
While at Whitman, Professor Benaroch has taught courses on business analytics, customer relationship management analytics, management of information technology (IT), IT and Electronic Commerce, decision-support and data mining technologies, and database management. He has also taught at the Israeli Institute of Technology (Technion), New York University, and the University of Rochester.
•Customer Relationship Management Analytics
•Business Analytics and Decision Support Technologies
•Strategic Management of Information Technology
•Electronic Commerce
•Business Analytics and Decision Support Technologies
•Strategic Management of Information Technology
•Electronic Commerce
Cybersecurity economics. Studying cyber incidents and their impacts on organizations, including firm performance and the board of directors; studying cybersecurity risks in IT outsourcing and emerging risk management approaches; and, the evaluation and optimization of investments in cybersecurity.
Economics of Information technology (IT). Using financial and economics techniques to evaluate IT investments, measure IT investment risk, and manage IT portfolios. One focus is on “real option” techniques applied to investments in new IT innovations and in growth IT capabilities (infrastructure).
IT-Oriented Service Innovation. Studying the management of risk in IT outsourcing relationships.
Artificial intelligence in finance. Application of knowledge systems and data mining to finance and economics problems.
Economics of Information technology (IT). Using financial and economics techniques to evaluate IT investments, measure IT investment risk, and manage IT portfolios. One focus is on “real option” techniques applied to investments in new IT innovations and in growth IT capabilities (infrastructure).
IT-Oriented Service Innovation. Studying the management of risk in IT outsourcing relationships.
Artificial intelligence in finance. Application of knowledge systems and data mining to finance and economics problems.