Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known for
Productivity paradox The Long Tail Bundling of Information Goods Cyberbalkanization
Scientific career
Fields
Information Systems Economics Technological Change
Institutions
Stanford University
Notable students
Shuman Ghosemajumder Lorin Hitt Yu (Jeffrey) Hu Michael D. Smith Marshall Van Alstyne Xiaoquan (Michael) Zhang
Erik Brynjolfsson (born 1962) is an American academic, author and inventor. He is the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor and a Senior Fellow[1] at Stanford University where he directs the Digital Economy Lab at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, with appointments at SIEPR,[2] the Stanford Department of Economics and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research[3] and a best-selling author of several books.[4] From 1990 to 2020, he was a professor at MIT.
Brynjolfsson is known for his contributions to the world of IT productivity research and work on the economics of information, the economics of AI, and the digital economy more generally.[5] According to Martin Wolf, "No economist has done more to promote the revolutionary implications of information technology than MIT’s Erik Brynjolfsson."[6]
^"Report of the Stanford University President". Stanford. December 9, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
^"Erik Brynjolfsson to join Stanford faculty | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)". February 25, 2020.
^"Erik Brynjolfsson, Research Associate as National Bureau of Economic Research". May 20, 2023.
^"The Second Machine Age". May 20, 2023.
^"Erik Brynjolfsson Joins Stanford Faculty". May 20, 2023.
^"The long wait for a productivity resurgence". www.ft.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
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distribution channel is large enough. Anderson cites earlier research by ErikBrynjolfsson, Yu (Jeffrey) Hu, and Michael D. Smith, that showed that a significant...
Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies is a 2014 book by ErikBrynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee that is a continuation of their book Race Against...
Technologies with ErikBrynjolfsson (2016) ISBN 9780393350647 Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future with ErikBrynjolfsson (2018) ISBN 9780393356069...
Race Against the Machine is a non-fiction book from 2011 by ErikBrynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee about the interaction of digital technology, employment...
2011 book Race Against the Machine, MIT professors Andrew McAfee and ErikBrynjolfsson have been prominent among those raising concern about technological...
and a set of environmental metrics based on the Daly Rule. In 2019, ErikBrynjolfsson and Avinash Collis argued that GDP does not reflect the growing value...
(i.e., low marginal cost) products. Research by Yannis Bakos and ErikBrynjolfsson found that bundling was particularly effective for digital information...
everywhere but in the productivity statistics." As highlighted by ErikBrynjolfsson, productivity growth slowed down at the level of the whole U.S. economy...
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allocation of wealth and income. This can trap them in a bad equilibrium. ErikBrynjolfsson has called this "The Turing Trap" and argued that there are currently...
Flexplay concept was invented by two professors, Yannis Bakos and ErikBrynjolfsson, who founded Flexplay Technologies in 1999. The technology was developed...
and author Jeremy Rifkin, American economic and social theorist ErikBrynjolfsson, American author and inventor Andrew McAfee, American research scientist...
chance of sustaining gainful employment. "In The Second Machine Age, ErikBrynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee argue that "...there's never been a better time...
of time can be quantified and compared to monetary expenditures. ErikBrynjolfsson, Seon Tae Kim and Joo Hee Oh show that this makes it possible to formally...
professor Gary Marcus, David Pfau of Google sister company DeepMind, ErikBrynjolfsson of the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence at Stanford...
Information Technology from the MIT in 1999 under the supervision of ErikBrynjolfsson and Bengt Holmström. Albert Wenger joined Union Square Ventures as...
Black–Scholes model Lael Brainard, director of the National Economic Council ErikBrynjolfsson, director, MIT Center for Digital Business Randolph Cohen, leading...
members of the Harvard International Review include Philip A. Brimmer, ErikBrynjolfsson, Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty, Bernard Hebda, Stephen A. Higginson...
Icelandic parents, represented the United States in the 2014 World Cup. ErikBrynjolfsson, MIT economist, father was Icelandic. Peter Steele, musician. Bill...
Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance ErikBrynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity...
on. The Second Machine Age is the term adopted in a 2014 book by ErikBrynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee. The industrial development plan of Germany began...
2016). "How Education Systems Approach Breadth of Skills". Brookings. ErikBrynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity...
Raudman Tantor Media 2015 Science & Technology The Second Machine Age ErikBrynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee Jeff Cummings Brilliance Publishing The Copernicus...
Business (2014) Rebecca M. Henderson, Harvard Business School (2017) ErikBrynjolfsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2019) Henry Chesbrough, University...
have first been used in an MIT paper by Marshall Van Alstyne and ErikBrynjolfsson that was published online in March 1997. The concept was also discussed...
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