Eric K. Clemons

Professor Emeritus of Operations, Information and Decisions

Contact Information

Primary Email:
clemons@wharton.upenn.edu

office Address:
500 Jon M. Huntsman Hall

Research Interests: information technology and business strategy, information technology and financial markets, making the decision to invest in strategic information technology ventures, managing the risk of strategic information technology implementations, risk-reward tradeoffs in outsourcing and off-shoring, strategic implications of electronic commerce for channel power and profitability

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Overview

Dr. Eric K. Clemons is Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. A pioneer in the systematic study of the transformational impacts of information on the strategy and practice of business, his research and teaching interests include strategic uses of information systems, information economics, and the social welfare implications of large online platforms. He now studies regulation in the presence of deep uncertainty.

Research

Eric K. Clemons and Andrej Savin (2025), A Practical Guide to Strategy in an Age of Incomplete Regulatory Specification and Potentially Unlimited Sources of Liability, Leading and Managing in the Digital Era, LMDE 2025.
Eric K. Clemons, Gregory Prastacos, Nicholas Vonortas (2025), Time for the EU to Move Fast and Break Things? Lessons Learned from Experience with Rapid Innovation, Leading and Managing in the Digital Era, LMDE 2025.
Eric K. Clemons, Andrej Savin, Maximillian Schreieck, Stina Teilmann-Lock (2025), AI, Advanced Technologies, and the Need to Revise Copyright Law, LMDE 2025.
Eric K. Clemons, Maximilian Schreieck, Ravi V. Waran (2025), Managing disinformation on social media platforms, Electron Markets.
Eric K. Clemons, Maximilian Schreieck, Sebastian Hermes, Frantz Rowe, Helmut Krcmar (2022), The Cooperation Paradox, Electron Markets.
Eric K. Clemons, Ravi V. Waran, Sebastian Hermes, Maximilian Schreieck, Helmut Krcmar (2022), Computing and Social Welfare, Electron Markets.
Eric K. Clemons, Maximilian Schreieck, Helmut Krcmar, Tung Bui (2022), Social Welfare Computing and the management and regulation of new online business models, Electron Markets.
Eric K. Clemons, Rajiv M. Dewan, Robert J. Kauffman, Thomas A. Weber (2017), Understanding the Information-Based Transformation of Strategy and Society, Journal of Management Information Systems, 34 (), pp. 425-456.
Eric K. Clemons and Josh Wilson (2015), Families Decisions Regarding Online Privacy and Targeted Ads, And Regulatory Implications, Journal of Management Information Systems, 32 (), pp. 40-70.
Eric K. Clemons and Panos Markopoulos (2014), Reducing Buyers’ Uncertainty About Taste-Related Product Attributes, Journal of Management Information Systems.

Activity

Latest Research

Eric K. Clemons and Andrej Savin (2025), A Practical Guide to Strategy in an Age of Incomplete Regulatory Specification and Potentially Unlimited Sources of Liability, Leading and Managing in the Digital Era, LMDE 2025.

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Fighting False Information Online | Eric Clemons

Professor Eric Clemons breaks down the best way to fight disinformation on social media.…Read More

Knowledge at Wharton - 11/18/2025

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Wharton Stories

Seattle, USA - Aug 19, 2019: The new Google building in the south lake union area at twilight.

The Unintended Consequences of Google Search Results

Every minute there are 3.8 million queries made on Google. For a site that’s become part of our daily lives, politicians are wondering if and how the internet giant should be regulated. Dr. Eric Clemons, Wharton Management Professor and Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions, and Kirsten Grind, a Financial…

Wharton Stories - 11/29/2019

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