Sam Ransbotham
Sam Ransbotham is professor of information systems 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
- Podcast
Data & Data Culture
AI and the COVID-19 Vaccine: Moderna’s Dave Johnson
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Analytics & Business Intelligence
No Need for AI Unicorns: PepsiCo’s Colin Lenaghan
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Innovation Strategy
Prototypes, Pilots, and Polymers: Cooper Standard’s Chris Couch
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
IT Governance & Leadership
Designing a Better Future: Mastercard’s JoAnn Stonier
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Platforms & Ecosystems
Learning, Engagement, and Empowerment: 1-800-Flowers’ Amit Shah
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Collaboration
Games, Teams, and Moonshots: Google Cloud’s Will Grannis
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Technology Implementation
Less Algorithm, More Application: Lyft’s Craig Martell
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
IT Governance & Leadership
Tech and Ethics: The World Economic Forum’s Kay Firth-Butterfield on Doing the Right Thing in AI
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Fashion Forecasting: Arti Zeighami on Implementing AI at H&M Group
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Technology Innovation Strategy
Better Together: Mattias Ulbrich on Combining Coffee, Business, and Technology at Porsche
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.
