Elliot Bendoly

SMB-A Co-Director, Distinguished Professor of Management Sciences
Ph.D. in Operations and Decision Technologies, Indiana University (2001)

Elliot Bendoly is the co-director of the SMB-A program and the Fisher College of Business Distinguished Professor in the Department of Management Sciences. Prior to joining Fisher, Dr. Bendoly taught at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, where he lead the Information Systems and Operations Management area/department, and held the title of Caldwell Research Fellow. During that time he also served as a visiting researcher at IE Business School in Madrid. Bendoly earned a PhD and MS in operations and decision technologies from Indiana University, and a BA in economics (industrial/development) as well as a BS in materials engineering from Case Western Reserve University.  Prior to graduate school, he served in a research capacity for both Intel and NASA.

Areas of Expertise

Information Technology

  • Information Technology

Production/Operations Management

  • Data Visualization
  • Behavioral Operations
  • Technology Management

Sustainability/Corporate Responsibility

  • Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility

Research Interests

Dr. Bendoly's current research interests focus on the interface between operations, information technology and psychology (group and individual), including collaboration and group dynamics; work policies, task complexity and uncertainty; and operations/strategy/technology alignment.