Special Issue: Economics of Electronic Commerce

Ravi Bapna is the Board of Overseers Professor of Information and Decision Sciences at the Carlson School of Management, university of Minnesota. he received his Ph.D. from the university of Connecticut. Dr. Bapna is the founding academic co-director of the university of Minnesota’s Social Media and Business Analytics Collaborative (SOBACO). his research interests are in the areas of economics of information systems, social media, big-data analytics, peer influence, monetization and design of freemium communities, human capital issues in the It services industry, online auctions, e-market design, grid computing, and the design of the It organization. his research has been published in a wide array of journals such as Management Science, Informs Journal on Computing, Statistical Science, Information Systems Research, Journal of Retailing, MIS Quarterly, Decision Sciences, and others. his views have been featured in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and other outlets. Dr. Bapna serves as a senior editor for MIS Quarterly and has been an associate editor for Management Science and Information Systems Research. he has served as the co-chair of the workshop on Information Systems Economics (wISE) 2010, and the Conference on IS and technology (CISt) 2009. he is one of the three founders of the Statistical Challenges in E-Commerce (SCECR) workshop.