{"id":6969,"date":"2025-06-17T10:35:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/?p=6969"},"modified":"2025-06-17T10:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:37:35","slug":"alan-eisner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/faculty-research-areas\/alan-eisner\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Eisner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2021-Alan-Eisner-16-MAR-45.headshot-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Alan 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