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Avi Goldfarb
Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare,
bodog app download of Marketing,
Rotman School of Management,
University of Toronto
Avi Goldfarb is a prominent expert on the economics of information technology and digital markets. Professor Goldfarb specializes in online bodog app download behavior, as well as the impact of technology on marketing, competition, and healthcare. He analyzes an array of topics related to online advertising, including ad targeting, search engine advertising and pricing, crowdfunding platforms, bodog app download privacy, artificial intelligence, and branding.
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Sharon Oster bodog app download of Economics and Management,
Yale School of Management,
Yale University
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Wayne D. Hoyer
bodog app download of Marketing,
James L. Bayless/William S. Farish Fund Chair for Free Enterprise,
McCombs School of Business,
University of Texas at Austin
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Zhang Jindong bodog app download of Operations, Information and Decisions,
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania;
Senior Advisor, Cornerstone bodog app download
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At the Wharton School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, bodog app download Hitt has taught courses on competition and customer pricing, information systems management, the economics of technology, and data analysis. He has won the annual Wharton Undergraduate Teaching Award more than ten times, and he has also been honored with the Wharton-wide Hauck Award and the University of Pennsylvania-wide Lindback Award for distinguished teaching.
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