Speakers

Francis Pereira, PhD
Director, Industry Research
Institute for Communication Technology Management
Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California

Francis Pereira received his Ph.D. in Political Economy and Public Policy from the University of Southern California in December 1993.

Francis is Director of Industry Research at the Institute for Communication, Technology and Management (CTM), and Lecturer in the Information & Operations Department, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. 

Francis teaches courses in economics, statistics and electronic commerce. For the past thirteen years, his research has focused on key business issues in telecommunications field, particularly adoption rates of E-commerce applications especially in the small and medium size enterprises, and business models in the new multimedia environment and the effects of emerging technologies on these models.

Francis has published papers in journals that include the Journal of Communications Networks and the Journal of the Institution of British Telecommunication Engineers.