Biography

Anuj Kumar is the Walter J. Matherly Full Professor of Information Systems at the Warrington College of Business, University of Florida. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the Heinz School of Information Systems and Management, Carnegie Mellon University. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Thermal Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, India, and a Master’s degree in management from the Indian Institute of Management, India.

Professor Kumar’s current research utilizes information technology to improve skill production in under-resourced K-12 schools in developing countries. He has developed and implemented an EdTech platform for thousands of students in several Indian K-12 schools. His research indicates that proactively inducing peers to motivate and help students through group contexts can improve skill production. He has also examined the role of information technology in (1) Omnichannel customer behavior in technology-mediated multi-channel operations and (2) The economic value of online product recommendation networks in e-commerce.

Professor Kumar was honored with the ISS Sandra A. Slaughter INFORMS Early Career Award in 2018 for his contributions to research in Information Systems. His work has garnered several competitive research grants from organizations such as the Marketing Science Institute and the Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative. Additionally, his papers have earned best paper awards from the INFORMS-Industries Association and the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics. Professor Kumar’s research has been featured in prominent media outlets, including The New York Times, 74million.org, and Total Retail. He was also invited to deliver a TEDx talk on his research regarding online school ratings and segregation in America at the Boston Bio Hub. His work has been published in leading academic journals, including Management Science, Information Systems Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Management Information Systems Quarterly, and Production and Operations Management.

Publications

  • Wan (Shawn), Xiang, A. Kumar, X. Li. (2025) “Is it Beneficial to Recommend Differently Priced Products? Experimental Evidence from an Online Product Recommendation System.” Conditionally accepted for publication in Production and Operations Management
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  • Hasan, S. and A. Kumar. (2023) “Who Captures the Value from Organizational Ratings?: Evidence from Public Schools,” Strategy Science, 9(3), 248-266.

Kumar, A., A. Mehra, S. Kumar (2019). “Why do Stores Drive Online Sales? Evidence of Underlying Mechanisms from a Multichannel Retailer” Information Systems Research,30(1), March 2019, 319-338.

Research Software Platform

AI-enabled Knowledge Diffusion EdTech Platform for Upgrading Education.” An algorithmic EdTech platform designed to induce peer-driven learning in K-12 classrooms. It is especially suitable for improving educational production in K-12 schools with scarce educational resources. Currently, over 3,000 underprivileged K-12 students are using this platform in Indian schools.

Business Case Studies

Kumar A. “Economic Value of Joint Product Advertising in Online Product Videos.”

Kumar A., A. Mehra. “Omnichannel Customer Behavior Analysis for Multichannel Retailers.”