Clinical Professor of Global Shifts and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Thunderbird School of Global ManagementAlgorithms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Global Business, Machine Learning, Technological Entrepreneurship, Technology, technology acceleration, Technology Transfer and Commercialization
Dr. Mark Esposito is recognized internationally as a top global thought leader in matters relating to The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the changes and opportunities that technology will bring to industry. Mark has held numerous senior positions at prestigious Institutes. He has been a member of the teaching faculty at Harvard University鈥檚 Division of Continuing Education where he has taught Economic Strategy and Competitiveness. He also has served as a Co-Leader at the Institutes Council for the Microeconomics of Competitiveness program (MOC) at Harvard Business School. Besides being a Professor at Thunderbird/ASU, Mark has been a Professor of Business & Economics at Hult International Business School, globally. He is an appointed Research Fellow in the Circular Economy Center, at the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School. He is also a Fellow for the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government in Dubai. Mark is the Co-Founder and Chief Learning Officer of Nexus Frontier Tech, an AI Studio, dedicated to the productions of AI solutions. He is a prolific author and his articles can be found on ResearchGate and his books on Amazon. Mark serves as a global expert for the World Economic Forum. He is the co-author of the best seller Understanding How the Future Unfolds: Using DRIVE to Harness the Power of Today's Megatrends. The framework contained therein was nominated for the CK Prahalad Breakthrough Idea Award by Thinkers50, the most prestigious award in business thought leadership. His latest book, The AI Republic (2019) explores the nexus between humans and intelligent automation under the dome of the 4IR. Mark holds a Ph.D. in Business and Economics from the International School of Management in Paris/ New York and an Executive Doctorate in Business Administration from Ecole des Ponts ParisTech in Paris. Areas of Expertise: Fourth Industrial Revolution Megatrends Artificial Intelligence/Digital Leading change Competitiveness Economic Strategy Growth and Competitive Strategy Languages of Instruction: English French German Italian Spanish Education Executive Doctorate of Business Administration, Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech PhD in Business and Economics, International School of Management, Paris/New York B.A and M.A in Social Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
Dean鈥檚 Professor of Entrepreneurship | Academic Director, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of BusinessScience Policy, Technological Entrepreneurship
Dr. Brent Goldfarb is an Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship in the M&O Department at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. Goldfarb's research focuses on how the production and exchange of technology differs from more traditional economic goods, with a focus on the implications on the role of startups in the economy. He focuses on such questions as how do markets and employer policies affect incentives to discover new commercially valuable technologies and when is it best to commercialize them through new technology-based firms? Why do radical technologies appear to be the domain of startups? And how big was the dot.com boom? Copies of Dr. Goldfarb's publications and working papers have been downloaded over 1200 times.
Associate Professor of Marketing
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of BusinessAnalytics, Behavioral Economics, Emerging Markets, Marketing Strategy, online marketing, Pricing, Technological Entrepreneurship
Bobby Zhou’s research focuses on competitive marketing strategies, in particular, pricing and promotion. He uses both analytical models as well as experimental approaches in his research. His work has been published in the Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, and Management Science. He has presented papers at the INFORMS Marketing Science conference, INFORMS POMS conference, UT Dallas FORMS conference, Summer Institute in Competitive Strategy (SICS) at UC Berkeley, DC IO Day, among others. He teaches Marketing Research Methods in the undergraduate programs, Pricing at the MBA/MS programs, and Analytical Models in Marketing in the PhD programs. He also serves on the editorial board of Decision Science, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Retailing, and Marketing Science.