Eli M. NoamProfessor of Finance and Economics
E
li Noam has been Professor of Economics and Finance at
Columbia Business School since 1976. In 1990, after having served
for three years as Commissioner with the New York State Public Service
Commission, he returned to Columbia. He is the Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information.
CITI is an independent university-based research center focusing on strategy, management, and policy issues in
telecommunications, computing, and electronic mass media. In addition to leading CITI's research activities, Noam
initiated the MBA concentration in the Management of Entertainment, Communications, and Media at the Business School
and the Virtual Institute of Information, an independent, web-based research
facility. He has also taught at Columbia Law School and Princeton University's Economics Department and Woodrow Wilson School.
Noam has published over 19 books and 400 articles in economic journals, law reviews, and interdisciplinary
journals. His books include the authored, edited, or co-authored volumes:
He was a member of the advisory boards for the Federal governments FTS-2000
telecommunications network, the IRS's computer system reorganization, and the National Computer Systems Laboratory.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He received an AB (Phi Beta
Kappa), MA, Ph.D. (Economics) and JD from Harvard University.
His forthcoming books include Media Concentration in the United States and Competing for Attention Span.
He has served on the editorial boards of Columbia University Press
as well as of several academic journals.
