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FACULTY
FULLTIME FACULTY
Anne-Laure Fayard
Assistant Professor
Tel: 718 260 4080
Fax: 718.260.3874
E-mail: alfayard@poly.edu
Prior to joining Polytechnic, she spent 6 years at INSEAD, an international business school (on both the European and the Asian campus). She was teaching in the MBA and Exectutive Programmes. She holds a BA in Philosophy and an MA in History and Philosophy of Science from La Sorbonne, an MA in Cognitive Science from Ecole Polytechnique, and a PhD in Cognitive Science from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Her research interests involve socio-technical practices, technology- mediated communication, culture, distance collaboration and space. Her work is based on qualitative and ethnographic methods.
Mel Horwitch
Department Chair of Management
Director, Institute for Technology and Enterprise
A.B., Princeton University
M.B.A., D.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business
Voice: 212.547.7030 Ext. 202
Fax 212.547.7029
E-mail: horwitch@poly.edu
Mel Horwitch is Professor of the Management and Chair of the Department of Technology Management at Polytechnic Institute of NYU and founding Director of the Institute for Technology and Enterprise. He is also Visiting Professor at London Business School.
Previously he was Professor and Founding Dean of Management at Theseus Institute in Sophia Antipolis, France, serving on the Theseus Board of Directors and Theseus Scientific Advisory Board.
Professor Horwitch has also served on the Faculties of the Sloan School at MIT and Harvard Business School. He was also the John M. Olin Distinguished Fellow at Templeton College, Oxford University and Visiting Professor at the University of Paris-Dauphine. Professor Horwitch was also on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Macro-Engineering S ocieties and Vice President and Board member of the American Society for Macro-Engineering. He is also a member of the Committee on Industrial Economics of the National Research Council.
He received his AB from Princeton University and MBA and Doctorate from Harvard Business School, and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand.
Professor Horwitch has written extensively on innovation and technology strategy, particularly with reference to such knowledge-intensive sectors as services, information technology, and telecommunications. His publications include Technology in the Modern Corporation: A Strategic Perspective (editor and contributor), Clipped Wings: The American SST Conflict, Energy Future: Report of the Energy Project at the Harvard Business School (contributor), articles published in such journals as Management Science, Policy Science, Sloan Management Review, Technology in Society, and Business Strategy International, and several paper cases and Web-based multimedia cases. His current scholarly interest focuses on digital- based and content innovation.
Harold Kaufman
718-260-3485 hkaufman@poly.edu
Oded Nov
Assistant Professor of Management
Telephone 718.260.3562
Fax 718.260.3874
E-mail: onov@poly.edu
Oded Nov is an Assistant Professor of Management at Polytechnic Institute of NYU, New York. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK. His research interests include technology management, organizational aspects of information systems, knowledge management, creativity and innovation management, and implications of the introduction of new technologies on companies and markets.
Bharat Rao
Voice: 718.260.3617
Associate Professor of Management
B.Tech. National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India
Ph.D. University of Georgia, Athens
Bharat Rao is an Associate Professor of Management and an Othmer Faculty Fellow at Polytechnic Institute of NYU. He earned a Ph.D. in Marketing and Strategic Management from The University of Georgia, and received a bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Technology in Calicut, India. Prior to joining Polytechnic, he held a post-doctoral Research Associate position at Harvard Business School in Boston. Recently, he was a visiting faculty researcher at the Center for Advanced Learning Technologies, INSEAD, in Fontainebleau, France.
Professor Rao's research has examined the impact of information and communications technologies on multiple industries including retailing, logistics and distribution, supply chain management, wireless and broadband innovation, financial services, entertainment and media. His current research focuses on the diffusion of emerging technologies, business model evolution, the integration of multiple technologies for improving business effectiveness, and global innovation strategy. His research has been published in the International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Communications of the ACM, Journal of Computer Mediated Communications, EM-Electronic Markets, Journal of Media Management, Technology in Society, International Business Review, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and in numerous conference proceedings and book chapters. He is also the author of business case studies published by Harvard Business School, the Institute for Technology and Enterprise, and the European Case Clearing House. His recent research has been funded by NYSTAR (New York State Science Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research), and the Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies.
Professor Rao serves on the Academic Advisory Board of the Harvard-Wharton Merchandising Effectiveness Project, and on the Editorial Board of EM-Electronic Markets. He has been an invited speaker at industry and academic events in the US, Europe, India, Israel and Taiwan, and has taught in graduate and executive management programs at Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Harvard Business School, INSEAD, and Tufts University. He has consulted for firms in the areas of electronic commerce, software, financial services, pharmaceuticals and fashion merchandising. A listing of his current research activity can be found here
George Schillinger
Phone: 718-260-3015 / 3058
email:
gschilli@poly.edu
Nina Ziv
Academic Director
Institute for Technology and Enterprise
Industry Associate Professor of Management
Co-Director Executive Master's Management Degree Programs
B.A. New York University
Ph.D. New York University
Tel 718.260.3817,
E-mail: nziv@poly.edu
Website: www.ite.poly.edu
Nina D. Ziv is an Industry Associate Professor in the Department of Technology Management of Polytechnic Institute of NYU in New York City and serves as Co-Director of the Executive Master's Management Degree Programs at Polytechnic. Professor Ziv is also the Academic Director of the Institute for Technology and Enterprise [ITE], the Department’s research and learning hub, where she is leading the strategic initiative on content innovation.
Before joining Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Professor Ziv spent 15 years in the technology industry. She was a Vice President of Technology Strategy and Planning at Merrill Lynch in New York City where she spearheaded many innovative leading edge technology projects such as the development of Merrill's corporate intranet. Professor Ziv holds a B.A. and Ph.D. from New York University.
Professor Ziv has been a Guest Lecturer at the London Business School's Executive Program held at Harvard University and at the Beijing Institute of Technology. She has been an invited speaker at the MIT Research Forum in Tel Aviv, Israel, at Forrester's Research Forum on the Financial Services Industry and at various academic conferences in Israel, Taiwan, Beijing, Vienna, and Sydney. She has designed and chaired several events for the Institute for Technology and Enterprise on a variety of issues including wireless innovation; the role of the professional manager in an entrepreneurial environment; the transformation of large established businesses such as the book publishing business; and the emerging biotechnology industry in Israel. She also developed curriculum materials on the challenges facing firms and industries in the post-September 11 business environment.
Professor Ziv’s major research interests are in the areas of content innovation and wireless innovation. In the area of content innovation, her research focuses on digital-based and mobile content innovation and the challenges managers face when integrating such innovations into their firms and sectors. She has published case studies on The Chicagotribune.com, a successful example of hybrid (digital and physical) content innovation; the Walt Disney Company; Arvato Mobile, a mobile content integrator in Germany as well as published articles about the impact of New Media on the book publishing industry.
Most recently, Professor Ziv has been conducting research on various aspects of the social networking arena as a platform for innovation. In her research, she has focused the emergence of mobile social networking and the increasing importance of users as a source of innovation on this platform.
Professor Ziv is also interested in the restructuring of industries as a result of digital-based innovations and the impact of this restructuring on the development of urban centers of creativity and innovation such as New York City.
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