Evgeny
Káganer

Professor of Operations, Information and Technology

• Ph.D. in Business Administration (Information Systems), Louisiana State University
• Master of Business Administration, Syracuse University
• Medical Doctor, Ural State Medical Academy, Yekaterinburg

Evgeny Kaganer is a Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology at IESE Business School, where he teaches MBA and executive courses on digital business and transformation. His research explores how digitalization and artificial intelligence reshape business models and organizations. He has published articles on these topics in premier academic and business journals, including Academy of Management Review, MIS Quarterly, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, MIT Sloan Management Review and Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery among others. His work on the effects of digitalization in business and education has been cited in major media outlets, such as the Financial Times, Business Week, Forbes, Handelsblatt, and the CIO Magazine.

Evgeny has extensive experience working with senior executive teams in Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Russia on the topic of organizational transformation. He has taught, directed customized programs, and consulted with multinational companies, including Schneider Electric, Oracle, ERSTE Group, Amadeus, Carlsberg, and Gazprom Neft among others. In 2013 he was included in the 100 Best Business School Professors list compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Evgeny was a founding Academic Director of the Learning Innovation unit at IESE Business School, helping develop the virtual classroom solution based on Barco’s weconnect technology and launch IESE Online. Between January 2020 and February 2022 he took a leave of absence from IESE to become Dean for Academic Affairs at Moscow School of Management Skolkovo. In this role,  he played a key part in developing local faculty and attracting international faculty to Skolkovo. He also bolstered research and program partnerships with top global business schools and helped Skolkovo enter and climb the Financial Times business school ranking. Currently, Evgeny serves as Academic Director of Focused Programs, IESE Lifelong Learning, and the Global CEO Program, offered jointly by IESE Business School and MIT Sloan School of Management.

A native of Ekaterinburg, Russia, Evgeny holds an MD degree from the Ural State Medical Academy, MBA from Syracuse University, and PhD from Louisiana State University.

Areas of interest.

* Digital business strategy
* Digital transformation
* Impact of digital on learning
* IT Consumerization
* Data-driven organizations

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

KOROVKIN, V., PARK, A., KÁGANER, E. (2023). Towards conceptualization and quantification of the digital divide. Information Communication & Society, 26 (11), 2268-2303. doi:10.1080/1369118X.2022.2085612. KÁGANER, E., GREGORY, R. W., SARKER, S. (2023). A Process for managing digital transformation. An organizational inertia perspective. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 24 (4), 1005-1030. doi:10.17705/1jais.00819. MURUNGI, D. M., KÁGANER, E. (2023). The argumentative salience of technology frames of reference. An analysis of argumentative discourse in the development of a health information exchange initiative. Information and Organization, 33 (2), Article 100465. doi:10.1016/j.infoandorg.2023.100465.

Proceedings

KÁGANER, E., VAAST, E. (2010). Responding to the (almost) unknown. Social representations and corporate policies of social media. CIS 2010 Proceedings. Association for Information Systems.

Outreach Articles

AURICCHIO, G., KÁGANER, E., LAGO, A. (2020). The Servitization challenge. BizEd Magazine, pp. 1-5. KÁGANER, E., MARGOLIS, A. (2016). Hire a Data Experience Designer. All Companies Need to Rediscover the Person Behind the Data. CIO move. AURICCHIO, G., KÁGANER, E. (2015). How Digitalization Is Changing the Way Executives Learn. The Road to Omni-Learning. IESE Insight (26), pp. 31 - 38.

Book Chapters

KÁGANER, E., CARMEL, E., HIRSCHHEIM, R. A., SIEBER, S. (2011). Microsourcing. In Ilan Oshri, Julia Kotlarsky and Leslie P. Willcocks (Eds.), The Handbook of Global Outsourcing and Offshoring (pp. 42 - 46). Basingstoke [England]: Palgrave Macmillan.

Studies

VIRGILI, J. A., KÁGANER, E. (2012). Impact of Social Media on the Financial Services Sector.

Cases

KÁGANER, E., KOROVKIN, V., TATARINOV, K. (2017). Video International. Sustaining Market Dominance in the TV Advertising Market in Russia. IESE, SI-198-E. KÁGANER, E., GREGORY, R. W., CODREAN, C. (2016). Impulsando la transformación digital en DBS Bank. IESE, SI-195. KÁGANER, E., GREGORY, R. W., CODREAN, C. (2016). Driving Digital Transformation at the DBS Bank. IESE, SI-195-E.

Technical Notes

WONG ELLINGER, E., GREGORY, R. W., DEANGELO, M., KÁGANER, E. (2020). An Introduction to Holacracy. IESE, SIN-63-E. RÖTHKE, C., GREGORY, R. W., KÁGANER, E. (2019). Hypothesis-Driven Experimentation. IESE, SIN-57-E. PÉREZ BALAGUER, J., GREGORY, R. W., KÁGANER, E. (2017). How to Overcome Resistance and Get Commitment From Users. IESE, SIN-54-E.

Outputs in other media

GREGORY, R. W., KÁGANER, E. (2017). How To Get Staff To Actually Use That Expensive New Tech System. Forbes. SIEBER, S., KÁGANER, E., ZAMORA, J. (2015). Las cinco habilidades del líder digital. América Economía. KÁGANER, E., SIEBER, S., ZAMORA, J. (2014). The 5 Keys To A Digital Mindset. Forbes.