Edward Anderson

Professor, Information, Risk & Operations Management at McCombs School of Business

McCombs School of Business

Edward Anderson is Mr. & Mrs. William F. Wright, Jr. Centennial Professor for Innovative Technology at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business and is past Director of the McCombs Healthcare Innovation Center, which was a research center specializing in innovation in healthcare delivery. He is an acknowledged expert in the dynamics of complex systems in organizational contexts.

Additional Titles:

  • Wright Centennial Professor for Management of Innovative Technology Director, McCombs Healthcare Innovation Initiative

Industry Areas:

  • Entrepreneurship, Healthcare, High Technology, Software

Research Areas:

  • Computer Simulation, Information Economics, Knowledge Management, Operations Management, Outsourcing Business Process, Quality Management, Service Management, Supply Chain Management, System Dynamics

Professional Awards

  • National Science Foundation, grant to study firms outsourced product development2003
  • McCombs CBA Foundation Research Excellence Award for Assistant Professors2003
  • UT Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship, grant relating to start-up venture failures2003
  • UT Summer Research Assignment2000
  • SAP grant to develop ERP-Balanced Scorecard Teaching Simulator1999
  • Hewlett-Packard, grant to study the integration of real options theory into system dynamics models1999
  • Institute for Operations Research and the Management, Meritorious Service Award1997

Teaching Awards

  • MBA Core Course Teach of the Year Nominee, 2000, 20022003
  • McCombs Faculty Honor Roll for Outstanding Core Class Instruction, 2001, 20022003
  • Trammel/CBA Foundation Teaching Award for Assistant Professors2003
  • Wickham Skinner Early-Career Research Accomplishments Award2002
  • Trammell/CBA Foundation Teaching Award for Assistant Professors Nominee2002
  • University of Texas McCombs School of Management Teaching Honor Roll2001
  • Frank L. Batten Young Scholar2000

Education

  • Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1993 — 1997)
  • B.A.S. Stanford University (1983 — 1988)
  • High School Detroit Country Day School (1977 — 1983)

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