Kevin Werbach Faculty Profile
Kevin Werbach
Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics
JD, Harvard University, 1994; BA, University of California at Berkeley, 1991
Research Areas
Emerging internet technologies; telecommunications policy; electronic commerce; wireless communication; regulation
Recent Consulting
Advise major information technology and communications companies on strategic business and policy implications of emerging technologies, including disruptive wireless innovations and voice over Internet protocol. Serve on advisory boards of Nokia Innovent, startups Socialtext (business collaboration software) and MeshDynamics (wireless networking), and Genesys Angelbridge Fund.
Current Projects
Layered models for Internet and communications policy; Implementation of wireless spectrum commons; Legal implications of pervasive networked sensors; Conference on decentralization in software, communications, and media.
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2004-present
Other Positions
Founder, Supernova Group, 2002-2004; Counsel for New Technology Policy, Federal Communications Commission, 1994-1998
Professional Leadership 2003-2007
Board of Directors, TPRC Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, 2003-2004; Editor, Release 1.0: Esther Dyson's Monthly Report, 1998-2002
Representative Publications
"Supercommons: Toward a Unified Theory of Wireless Communication." Texas L. Rev.863 82 (2004).
"A Layered Model for Internet Policy." J. Telecom. & High Tech. L. 37 1 (2002).
"Syndication: The Emerging Model for Business in the Internet Era." Harvard Business Review
85 (May/June 2000).
"Digital Tornado: The Internet and Telecommunications Policy." (FCC Office of Plans and Policy Working Paper No. 29, March 1997).
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