Sam Ransbotham
Sam Ransbotham is professor of analytics at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. He teaches the courses Analytics in Practice and Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Ransbotham serves as a senior editor at Information Systems Research, an associate editor at Management Science, and an academic contributing editor at MIT Sloan Management Review. He cohosts the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, available on all major platforms.
Ransbotham received a National Science Foundation Career Program award “in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education,” for his analytics-based research in security. He was also honored with an INFORMS ISS Sandra A. Slaughter Early Career Award, which recognizes “early career individuals who are on a path towards making outstanding intellectual contributions to the information systems discipline.” Ransbotham earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, an MBA, and a doctorate, all from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Before earning his doctorate, he was the founder and principal of a software company with a globally diverse client list.
Since 2015, he has been a guest editor on MIT SMR's Big Ideas initiatives, including Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy, Competing With Data & Analytics, and Internet of Things. Explore Ransbotham’s work with MIT SMR below.

Sam Ransbotham
Professor, Carroll School of Management at Boston College
Guest editor, MIT Sloan Management Review
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Technology Innovation Strategy
Transforming Transactions With Technology: eBay’s Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

Data & Data Culture
The Collaboration Muscle: LinkedIn’s Ya Xu
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

Data & Data Culture
Turning Sound Into Information: Warner Music Group’s Kobi Abayomi
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

Skills & Learning
From Journalism to Jeans: Levi Strauss & Co.’s Katia Walsh
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

New Product Development
AI in Your Living Room: Peloton’s Sanjay Nichani
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

New Product Development
Extreme Innovation With AI: Stanley Black & Decker’s Mark Maybury
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

Automation
Choreographing Human-Machine Collaboration: Spotify’s Sidney Madison Prescott
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

Data & Data Culture
Imagining Furniture (and the Future) With AI: IKEA Retail’s Barbara Martin Coppola
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

IT Governance & Leadership
Transforming a Technology Organization for the Future: Starbucks’s Gerri Martin-Flickinger
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

Supply Chains & Logistics
AI in the Supply Chain: Cold Chain Technologies’ Ranjeet Banerjee
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
- Big Ideas Research
- Articles & Webinars
- Podcast
- Big Ideas Research
Big Ideas Research
Original research on the issues transforming our fast-changing business environment





Analytics & Business Intelligence
Using Analytics to Improve Customer Engagement
Sam Ransbotham and David Kiron

Analytics & Business Intelligence
Analytics as a Source of Business Innovation
Sam Ransbotham and David Kiron

Analytics & Business Intelligence
Beyond the Hype: The Hard Work Behind Analytics Success
Sam Ransbotham et al.

The Talent Dividend
Sam Ransbotham et al.

Technology Innovation Strategy
Data Sharing and Analytics Drive Success With IoT
Stephanie Jernigan et al.
- Articles & Webinars
- Podcast
- Big Ideas Research
- Articles & Webinars






Research Findings: Analytics as a Source of Business Innovation
Sam Ransbotham and David Kiron

Technology Innovation Strategy
Data Sharing, Advanced Analytics, and Success with IoT
John Buccola et al.


Creating a Data-Driven Enterprise: Real-Life Cases
Sam Ransbotham et al.


The Analytics Talent Dividend
Sam Ransbotham et al.
