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Benn Konsynski has been the George S. Craft Distinguished University Professor of
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and Operations Management at the Goizueta Business School at
Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...
since 1994. Previously, he spent six years on the faculty at the
Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...
, where he taught in the MBA program and several executive programs. He also served as professor at the
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, where he was a co-founder of the university's multimillion-dollar group decision support laboratory. He holds a Ph.D. in
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from
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. He did a dissertation on "Computer Aided Logical Applications Software Design" under advisors Jay Frank Nunamaker, Jr. and Andrew Bernard Whinston. He was also named Baxter Research Fellow at
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, and Hewlett Fellow at
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. Konsynski specializes in issues of digital commerce and information technology in relationships across organizations and he has published in such diverse journals as
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,
Harvard Business Review ''Harvard Business Review'' (''HBR'') is a general management magazine published by Harvard Business Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University. ''HBR'' is published six times a year and is headquartered in Brighton, Massach ...
,
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Transactions on Communications,
MIS Quarterly ''Management Information Systems Quarterly'', referred to as ''MIS Quarterly'', is an online-only quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in management information systems and information technology. It was established in 19 ...
, Journal of MIS, Data Communications, Decision Sciences, Decision Support Systems,
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, and IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. He is Director and founder of Emory University's Center for Digital Commerce. He has a strong following among his MBA students, who refer to themselves as S.O.B.'s
Students of Benn
. Konsynski has served as a consultant on management and technology issues with many organizations. Some of the companies include,
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, IBM, TESSCO Technologies,
Harbinger Corporation Harbinger Corporation was a leader in e-commerce software and network services. Founded in December 1983 by C. Tycho Howle and David Leach as Computer Technologies for the Home in Atlanta, Georgia, it went public in August 1995. It was purchased by ...
,
AT&T AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world's largest telecommunications company by revenue and the third largest provider of mobile tel ...
, Northern Trust, Texas Instruments, the U.S. Army,
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, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, MicroAge, Ernst and Young, the Bank of Montreal, Plasti-line, J.C. Penney, Aetna Insurance Company, Turner Broadcasting Corporation, and Dillard's Department Stores. He serves on the board of directors at TESSCO Technologies, Miller-Zell, NuBridges, The Management Education Alliance, and other companies and non-profit institutions. Konsynski was part of the committee of faculty and students that organized Emory University's India Summit on February 17–18, 2014. At the India Summit in 2012 Konsynski was on a panel titled “Technology, Identity, and Privacy: The Promise and Perils of India’s National Identity System". The India Summit has sought to build a strong relationship between India and Emory.


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Benn Konsynski's Scholarly Works at Bepress
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