In 1976 he joined Tel Aviv University's faculty of management as a post-doctoral fellow, where he continued to pursue a career as researcher and lecturer culminating at the position of dean of the faculty in 2007-2014.
Tishler also served as the director of the Eli Hurvitz Institute of Strategic Management, director of the Institute of Technology and Society, academic director of the Executive MBA program and the Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA program, academic director of Lahav Executive Education and the director of the Israel Institute of Business Research.
Tishler is a consultant with the Israeli Ministry of Defense, where in 2012 he headed the Tishler Committee,[3] a special committee appointed by the Minister of Defense to examine the Israeli defense budget and its management.
Tishler was and is a board member and chairman in academic and financial organizations and a member of various investment committees.
Selected published works
Tishler's main research interests are applied microeconomics, models of research and development, energy economics, and defense-related issues. His work has been published in the Journal of Econometrics, Research Policy, The Energy Journal, Defence and Peace Economics, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Management Science, the European Economic Review, Energy Policy, Operations Research, and other journals.[6]
His recent works includes:
Friedman, Y., Carmeli, A. and A. Tishler (2017). "Fuel cost uncertainty, capacity investment and price in a competitive electricity market". Energy Economics. 61: 233–240. doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2016.11.014.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Pecht, E. and A. Tishler (2015). "Budget allocation, national security, military intelligence, and human capital: a dynamic model". Journal of Management Studies. 28 (3): 367–399. doi:10.1080/10242694.2015.1101885. S2CID156577197.
Milstein, I. and A. Tishler (2015). "Can Price Volatility Enhance Market Power? The Case of Renewable Technologies in Competitive Electricity Markets". Resource and Energy Economics. 41: 70–90. doi:10.1016/j.reseneeco.2015.04.001.
Friedman, Y., Carmeli, A., Tishler, A. and K. Shimizu (2016). "Untangling Micro-Behavioral Sources of Failure in Mergers and Acquisitions: A Theoretical Integration and Extension". International Journal of Human Resource Management. 27 (20): 2339–2369. doi:10.1080/09585192.2015.1042003. S2CID152985427.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Shabtay, H. and A. Tishler (2015). "Budget Allocation under Uncertainty and the Costs of War and Insecurity". Defence and Peace Economics. 25 (5): 461–480. doi:10.1080/10242694.2013.810025. S2CID154258509.