Erik Brynjolfsson is the Schussel Family Professor at the  MIT Sloan School of Management , Director of the MIT Center for Digital Business, Chair of the MIT Sloan Management Review , and the Editor of the Information Systems Network . His research and teaching focuses on how businesses can effectively use information technology (IT) in general and the Internet in particular.

Additional information can be found at this link- http://digital.mit.edu/erik/

University of Wisconsin, BBA ‘69, Personnel Management, MS ‘71, PhD ‘73, Industrial Relations

Thomas Kochan is an expert source on labor relations, collective bargaining, human resource management, regulatory policies, and unemployment. In particular, Kochan focuses on the need to update America's work and employment policies, institutions, and practices to catch up with a changing workforce and economy. His recent work calls attention to the challenges facing working families in meeting their responsibilities at work and at home and in their communities. Through empirical research, he demonstrates that fundamental changes in the quality of employee and labor-management relations are needed to address America's critical problems in industries ranging from health care to airlines to manufacturing. His newest book is titled, Restoring the American Dream: A Working Families' Agenda for America (MIT Press, September 2005).

Robert S. Pindyck is the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Professor of Economics and Finance in the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a fellow of the Econometric Society, and he has been a visiting professor at Tel-Aviv University, Harvard University and Columbia University.

Pindyck's research and writing have covered topics in microeconomics and industrial organization, the behavior of resource and commodity markets, financial markets, capital investment decisions and econometric modeling. His recent work in economics and finance has examined the determinants of market structure and market power, the dynamics of commodity spot and futures markets, criteria for investing in risky projects, the economics of R&D and the value of patents, environmental policy, and the economic and policy implications of global catastrophic events.

Pindyck has published numerous academic journal articles, and he is also the author or co-author of seven books, including three popular textbooks: Econometric Models and Economic Forecasts (McGraw-Hill), Microeconomics (Prentice Hall) and Investment Under Uncertainty (Princeton University Press). He has been co-editor of The Review of Economics and Statistics. In addition to his academic research and teaching, Pindyck has been a consultant to a large number of public and private organizations.

John D. Sterman is the Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and director of MIT's System Dynamics Group. His research includes systems thinking and organizational learning, computer simulation of corporate strategy and public policy issues, and environmental sustainability. He is the author of many scholarly and popular articles on the challenges and opportunities facing organizations today, including the book Modeling for Organizational Learning, and the award-winning textbook Business Dynamics.

Sterman's research centers on improving decision making in complex systems, including corporate strategy and operations, energy policy, public health, environmental sustainability, and climate change. He has pioneered the development of "management flight simulators" of corporate and economic systems. These flight simulators are now used by corporations, universities and governments around the world. His research ranges from the dynamics of organizational change and the implementation of sustainable improvement programs to climate change and the implementation of policies to promote a sustainable world.