Lorin M. Hitt Faculty Profile

Lorin M. Hitt
Alberto Vitale Term Associate Professor of Operations and Information Management

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996; MS, Brown University, 1989; ScB, Brown University, 1988

Research Areas
Information technology and productivity; information systems and organization; economics of electronic commerce; intangible assets; applied econometrics

Recent Consulting
Contract structure for IS outsourcing; Valuing Intellectual Property; Business Process and Information Technology Patent Litigation

Current Projects
The relationship between information technology investment and intangible assets; pricing and strategy in electronic commerce

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1996-present. (named Alberto Vitale Term Assistant Professor of Operations and Information Management, 2000)

Other Positions
Consultant, Oliver, Wyman and Company, 1989-92

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Outstanding Teaching Award for distinguished undergraduate teaching, 2000; Best Paper in Information Systems and Economics (awarded by the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics), 1999; David W. Hauck Award for Outstanding Teaching, 1999; Excellence in Teaching Award (Undergraduate Division), 1998, 2001, 2003; Winner of "Best Paper" and "Best Paper Addressing Conference Theme" at the 1994 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 1994

Representative Publications
(with E. Brynjolfsson and T. Bresnahan)
"Information Technology, Work Organization and the Demand for Skilled Labor." Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming).

(with E. Brynjolfsson)
"Beyond Computation: Information Technology, Organizational Transformation and Business Performance." Journal of Economic Perspectives. (Fall 2000)

(with E. Brynjolfsson)
"Price Dispersion and Differentiation in Online Travel: An Empirical Investigation." Management Science (forthcomimg).