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Brian Pentland is the Main Street Capital Corporation Intellectual Capital Professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at Michigan State University. He is a Fulbright Scholar at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria, scheduled for Fall 2025. Pentland's research primarily focuses on analyzing repetitive patterns within organizational routines and their reviews. He employs a perspective that includes the study of software support, auditing, invoice processing, and customer service in electronic medical records. He has contributed significantly to the field of Routine Dynamics by introducing new concepts and tools for analyzing and visualizing action patterns. His notable work has been published in several prestigious journals, including Academy Management Review and MIS Quarterly. He received his PhD in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991 and an SB in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 1981. Recognized for his teaching excellence, he has been awarded several honors, including the William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award and the Executive MBA Excellence Teaching Award.
Michigan State University • East Lansing, MI
Department of Psychology