Dr. Andrew Whinston

Biography

Andrew B. Whinston received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University and is currently a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, holding the Hugh Roy Cullen Centennial Chair in Business Administration. He has served as the Director of the Center for Research in Electronic Commerce and is recognized as the John Newton Centennial Fellow at IC2. Professor Whinston has published extensively on resource allocation issues in electronic commerce, focusing on bundle markets and the digital economy. His work includes over 300 publications in major scientific journals and books, such as 'Frontiers in Electronic Commerce' and 'Economics of Electronic Commerce,' which are co-authored or edited with Ravi Kalakota. Additionally, he has contributed as an editor-in-chief for notable journals such as 'Decision Support Systems' and 'Journal of Organizational Computing.' His primary research interests encompass electronic financial markets, network management, and the broader implications of electronic commerce in business.

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