Management and Industrial Relations

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Virginia Kleist, Ph.D

Title:
Associate Professor of Management Information Systems

Education:
Ph.D.; Management of Information Systems (MIS) and Telecommunications, Univ.of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business; 2000
Continued ...

Contact:
Office# : 111
T: 304.293.7939
E: Virginia.Kleist@mail.wvu.edu
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Area of Expertise:
Dr. Kleist specializes in MIS, data communications and electronic commerce. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate level MIS courses in these topics. In addition to her formal education, Dr. Kleist spent 10 years in telecommunications network management operations for GTE Corporation, Joy Technologies, Inc., PNC Corporation and the Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation (AHERF). Her research interests include: 1. The applications, use and cost/benefit performance of technology for information security, especially with respect to biometric technologies and use in networks; 2. The technological evolution of innovation and continuing economic development of the biometrics industry; 3. The long term impact of information technology on organizational structures, particularly regarding the development of neutral vertical and horizontal electronic markets, including the larger business, social and economic implications of these new market structures; 4. The unique economics of the information goods producing industries and the potential for market dominating behavior of "post tipping point" information goods producers; 5. The value, performance, productivity and measurement issues of information systems technology investment in for profit and non profit organizations; 6. The use of economics as a reference discipline for research in applications of information systems technology.