Alan Eisner, Ph.D. is Department Chair of Management and
Management Science Department and Professor of Management at
Pace University. He received his Ph.D. from the Management
Department, Stern School of Business, New York University. Alan
has a B.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering and a
M.Eng. in Engineering Management, both from Cornell University.
Before embarking on his doctorate he was an advanced technology
engineer for United Technologies. His primary research interests are
organizational learning, business and technology strategies, and
entrepreneurship. He teaches courses in undergraduate, graduate,
and doctoral courses in entrepreneurship, managerial decisionmaking, organizational theory, and strategic management.
He has published in the International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Advances in Strategic
Management, Journal of Financial Service Professionals, International Journal of Technology
Management, American Business Review, The Valuation Examiner, Journal of the Academy of
Strategic Management, Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management, and Journal of the
International Academy for Case Studies.
The 6th edition of Dess, Lumpkin, & Eisner's Strategic Management textbook was published by
McGraw-Hill/Irwin in September of 2011.
Eisner was Associate Editor of the Case Association's new peer reviewed journal The CASE
Journal (www.caseweb.org) from 2004-2009. Eisner was the founding Director Internet
Communications for the Academy of Management. Charged with the design and construction of
a central Internet presence for the Academy of Management. The site offers many services in
support of the Academy including a new web based on-line placement center
(www.aomonline.org).
He can be reached at aeisner@pace.edu.