Dr. Efraim Turban (MBA, Ph.D.) is a visiting scholar at the Pacific Institute for Information System Management, University of Hawaii. Before this, he was on the staff of several universities, including the City University of Hong Kong; Florida International University; California State University, Long Beach; Lehigh University; Eastern Illinois University; and the University of Southern California.
Dr. Turban is the author of more than 110 refereed papers published in leading journals such as Management Science, MIS Quarterly, and Decision Support Systems. He also authorized over 20 books. He is a consultant to major corporations worldwide. His current areas of interest are web-based decision support systems, digital commerce, and applied artificial intelligence.