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Dr. Parker is an associate professor of Economic Sciences, specializing in Information and Operations Management at the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. Parker teaches information systems and operations management courses in the undergraduate, full-time MBA, professional MBA, and executive MBA programs.
In July 2006, Parker was appointed Director of the Entergy Tulane Energy Institute.
The Institute is chartered to establish a systematic research program aimed at improving the understanding of the integration of energy markets, policy, technology, and the environment. Parker also serves as a Senior Editor for the journal Production and Operations Management and as an Associate Editor for the journal Management Science.
Parker's recent research includes a cross-industry study of outsourced engineering projects, a study of pricing information products in two-sided markets with network externalities (two-sided networks), an exploration of online exchange investments, a study of internet winner-take-all markets, an analysis of the effect of copyright duration on innovation in software development, and an analysis of the performance of markets for electricity financial transmission rights.
In addition to funds provided by Tulane, these research activities are supported by (1) National Science Foundation Grant SES-0323227: "Organizational Mechanisms for Supply Chain Integration during Product and Process Development" and (2) National Science Foundation Grant IIS-0338662: "Promoting Free Market and Open Source Software Innovation Through Better Licensing." More detailed information is available in the research section of this site and at the websites pdoutsourcing.org and copyflex.org.
Dr. Parker received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering in the Technology and Policy Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Ph.D. in Management Science from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Prior to graduate school, Parker completed the General Electric Company Financial Management Training Program and held jobs at GE as an electrical engineer, financial analyst, and business development analyst. |
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