MIS611C

038895

It is increasingly common to see studies that use principles, theories, and methods from the economics discipline to investigate phenomena of interest to the information systems field. The objective of this class is to introduce PhD students to this field. This class will survey the existing literature for typical applications of economic approaches, and organize them by their contexts.

This full semester class will meet once a week for 2.5 hours. It will be a readings and discussion class, with heavy emphasis on both reading and discussion. There will be research articles assigned for readings every week. Students will be expected to read and digest every article we discuss in class. Class periods will focus heavily on student-run discussions; the instructor's role will be to ask guiding questions, moderate, fill in missing pieces, and reinforce key concepts. By the end of the semester students should be confident in their ability to pursue Econ of IS research projects, know what courses they should take to develop further expertise, and have produced at least one work-in-progress research paper in economics of information systems.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Graduate