Ajay KUMAR

Associate Professor

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Operations, Data & Artificial Intelligence

Bio

I am an Associate Professor of Business Analytics at emlyon business school, France. My research focuses on leveraging AI, and business analytics to drive competitive advantage and gain deep insights into how consumers, firms, industries, and societies are evolving in the era of advanced AI. I explore the transformative impact of advanced analytics on decision-making, strategy, and innovation, bridging the gap between cutting-edge technology and real-world business applications.

I have a strong publication record, with several articles published or forthcoming in prestigious academic journals (FT-50/UTD-24/ABS-4*/AIS Senior Scholars' List of Premier Journals) such as Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Production & Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology, European Journal of Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, British Journal of Management, Journal of Product Innovation Management, and Decision Sciences.

I currently serve as an Associate Editor for prestigious journals such as Management Science, Information Systems Journal (ISJ), and Decision Sciences (DSJ). Previously, I have also held guest associate editor role for special issues in journals, including INFORMS Journal on Computing, Journal of Management Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, and Information Systems Frontiers.

2019: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
  • 2018: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University - Harvard Business School, USA
  • 2017: PhD in (Business Analytics & Information Systems) from Department of IT & Management Science, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
2019 - Now: Assistant Professor at emlyon business school
  • 2019 - 2019: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 2019: Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University, New York