Eli M. Snir Ph.D.

Vita

Main Research Interest:
Research emphasizes economic aspects of online markets, information and technology, and the interaction between them.

Education

University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, Operations and Information Management Dep. Ph.D. Dec. 2000

Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
M.Sc. Aug. 1996 Operations Research and Systems Analysis

Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
B.Sc. Mar. 1991 Cum Laude

Academic Appointments
The Cox School of Business, SMU – Information Technologies & Operations Management 2001
Assistant Professor - Teaching MBA courses in e-Business; e-Supply Chain Management; Statistics; and Quantitative Modeling

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania – Operations and Information Management Department 1997 - 2000
Lecturer: Taught a MBA course in Advanced Topics in Information Strategy in 2001

The Reginald H. Jones Center for Management Policy, Strategy, and Organization of the Wharton School 2000
Fellow in Information Economics

Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center 1997 - 1999
Graduate Fellow

Grants and Awards

National Association of Purchasing Management 2000 NAPM Doctoral Grant of $5000

Alpha Iota Delta member inducted 2002

Select Publications and Presentations

Eli M. Snir and Lorin M. Hitt (2003) “Costly Bidding In Online Markets For IT Services,” Management Science Vol. 49, No. 11, November 2003, pp. 1504–1520

Eli M. Snir “Prices in Online Auctions for Off-Lease Computers,” The Fourteenth Annual Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Dec. 2002, Barcelona, Spain

Eli M. Snir (2003) “The Record Industry in an Era of File Sharing: Lessons from Quality Differentiation,” Presented at the 24th Annual International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) Dec. 2003, Seattle, WA

Eli M. Snir and Lorin M. Hitt (2004) “Vendor Screening in IT Contracting with a Pilot Project,” Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 61–89
Presented at the 20th Annual International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) Dec. 1999, Nominated for Best Paper

Eli M. Snir (2001) “Liability as a Catalyst for Product Stewardship,” Production and Operations Management, Vol. 10, No. 2, Summer 2001, pp. 190-206.

Lorin M. Hitt and Eli M. Snir “The Role of Information Technology in Modern Production: Complement or Substitute to Other Inputs,” Working Paper

Eli M. Snir (2000) “Economics of Information Technology Outsourcing and Markets,” Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Professional Affiliation

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) since 1997
Association for Information Systems (AIS) since 2000
Institute for Supply Management (ISM) since 2002