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Erran Carmel Professor Department of Information Technology & Analytics

Degrees
He received his Ph.D., in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona; his MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley.

Bio


Professor Carmel teaches Information Technology (I.T.). He is currently working on a number of research areas: Digital identity; Crypto ethics; Future of work.


During the early decades of the rise of the global internet, Carmel studied the globalization of technology work and wrote three books in this domain. Carmel’s 1999 book "Global Software Teams" was the first on this topic -- and is considered a landmark in the field, helping many organizations take their first steps into distributed tech work. His second book "Offshoring Information Technology" came out in 2005 and became popular as outsourcing began to be taught in business schools around the world. His 2011 book is about the special issues that time zone separation imposes on global coordination of work. “I’m Working While They’re Sleeping: Time Zone Separation Challenges and Solutions” is co-authored with his AU colleague Alberto Espinosa.


He has written over 100 articles, reports, and manuscripts. He consults and speaks to industry and professional groups.


He is a tenured full Professor at the Information Technology department, Kogod School of Business at American University. In 2014-2016 Carmel was interim Dean of the Kogod School of Business. 


In the 1990s he co-founded and led AU’s program in Management of Global Information Technology. He has been a Visiting Professor at Haifa University (Israel), University College Dublin (Ireland), at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile), Beijing Normal University (China), and Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy).

For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.

Teaching

Spring 2024

  • CORE-105 Complex Problems Seminar: Futures: What Will Be in 2050?

  • ITEC-616 Managing Digital Organization

Fall 2024

  • CORE-105 Complex Problems Seminar: Futures: What Will Be in 2050?

  • CORE-105 Complex Problems Seminar: Futures/Foresight/Sustainablty

AU Experts

Area of Expertise

Business, offshore outsourcing, global software development, virtual teams, global teams, virtual workforces, the future of work

Additional Information

Professor Carmel teaches Information Technology in AU's Kogod School of Business. He also leads the business school’s “Business in the Capital” initiative. He is currently working on a number of research areas: Digital Health Passports; cybersecurity industry clusters; quantum industry clusters; the future of work. During the early decades of the rise of the global internet, Carmel studied the globalization of technology work and wrote three books in this domain. Carmel’s 1999 book "Global Software Teams" was the first on this topic -- and is considered a landmark in the field, helping many organizations take their first steps into distributed tech work. His second book "Offshoring Information Technology" came out in 2005 and became popular as outsourcing began to be taught in business schools around the world. His 2011 book is about the special issues that time zone separation imposes on global coordination of work. “I’m Working While They’re Sleeping: Time Zone Separation Challenges and Solutions” is co-authored with his AU colleague Alberto Espinosa. He has written over 100 articles, reports, and manuscripts. He consults and speaks to industry and professional groups.

For the Media

To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.

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