Nelson Granados

Dr. Granados is the executive director of the Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Sports and professor of information systems and technology management. He actively combines academia with practice, as a member of the Board of Advisors for technology start-ups, and he is a frequent contributor to the Media and Entertainment section on Forbes. His broad research interests are related to the strategic and economic consequences of digital innovation. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Granados performed multiple marketing management positions in the airline industry across four continents, and he was also a product manager for enterprise systems at IBM.

His research on the economic and informational impacts of digital technologies has appeared in top IS journals such as Management Science, MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, and Journal of Management Information Systems. This research has received multiple awards and recognitions, including the finalist 2012-2014 best paper in Management Science, e-Business Best Paper at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Best Publication of the Year in the Information Systems discipline, and Best Paper of the Year in the Journal of the Association for Information Systems.

Education

• University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, PhD in Information and Decision Sciences
• University of Minnesota, MS and PhD Minor in Applied Economics
• University of Minnesota, MBA (MS in Business Administration)
• Concentrations: Marketing and International Business
• Universidad de los Andes, BS in Industrial Engineering

Areas of Expertise

• IT implementation
• Information and process systems
• Strategic and economic consequences of digital innovation
• Pricing strategy in online markets and air travel industry