Seminar on Information Systems - How Academic Research Influences Global Litigations in Antitrust and Privacy
This talk will discuss how methodologies and academic papers (including those published by IS researchers) are influencing high stakes antitrust and privacy litigations launched by the US, APAC, and European governments against Google, Meta, and Apple. He will also present their forthcoming book, THRIVE: Maximizing Wellness in the Age of AI, published by MIT Press.
Anindya Ghose is the Heinz Riehl Chair Professor of Technology and Marketing at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He is the author of TAP: Unlocking The Mobile Economy which is a double winner in the 2018 Axiom Business Book Awards and has been translated into five languages (Korean, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Japanese and Taiwanese). He is the Director of the Masters of Science in Business AI (MSBAi) Program at NYU Stern.
He has been a visiting Professor at the Wharton School. He is a “Top 40 Under 40 Professor”, a "Top 200 Thought Leader in Big Data" and a “Thinkers50” award winner and a “Top 1% researcher”. He is an INFORMS Distinguished Fellow, AIS Distinguished Fellow and a winner of the INFORMS Practical Impact Award. He is the Department Editor (IS) at Management Science. He is affiliated as a Scientific Expert with Compass Lexecon and is currently working on some of the most highly visible and closely watched antitrust litigation matters in the tech space. In addition, he
has consulted for Alibaba, Apple, CBS, Facebook/Meta, Google, Microsoft, NBC, Pinterest, Samsung, Snapchat, TD Bank, Tinder, Verizon, Yahoo and collaborated with Adobe, China Mobile, IBM, Microsoft, S. K. Telecom, Telefonica, Travelocity, Via, and many other leading firms on realizing business value from IT investments. He is an accomplished high altitude mountaineer and has climbed in five continents.
Event page: https://isom.hkust.edu.hk/events/seminar-information-systems-12
Light refreshment will be provided at 10:30am.
Registration is closed, with some seats available to walk-in guests on first come first served basis.