Research at Gies

Gathering Knowledge, Powering Innovation

At Gies Business, we promise our students that an education is just the start – that here they can discover their purpose. Our faculty are at the center of that promise, guiding students to challenge assumptions, to be inventive, and to develop their own style. Our exceptional faculty conduct cutting-edge research that regularly impacts industry and helps business decisions get made.

Gies Business Research Lab

The Gies Business Research Lab is dedicated to supporting Gies faculty in performing groundbreaking research on business decision making. Gies faculty are among the top researchers in the world. We are focused on addressing critical societal needs through the transfer and application of knowledge, and we are committed to fostering industry-leading research than can help organizations and individuals make effective, efficient decisions. Your participation in research helps us create knowledge that can enhance the worldwide reputation of the University of Illinois as a premier research institution and shape the future decision-making practices of businesses and organizations around the world.

For more information, contact Jen Themanson, Coordinator, at busresearchlab@illinois.edu.

Join Our Research Panel

As part of the Business Research Lab panel, you would be invited to participate periodically in research studies on topics in accounting, organizational management, or marketing. Participating in Gies research is voluntary and can be done on your own schedule, as often as you’d like.
Join our research panel.

Data Science Research Service

The Data Science Research Service (DSRS) drives research within the Gies College of Business by assisting students, faculty, and staff with their data science, machine learning, computational infrastructure, and data acquisition needs. The DSRS works as a component of the Gies Disruption initiative in efforts to make Gies the most technologically-forward and data-capable business college in the world.

For more information about how to utilize this service, visit go.gies.illinois.edu/DSRSresearch.

"The DSRS worked on research and boosted confidence in our statistical analyses by making sure inferential tests and semi-omnibus test statistics were based on the correct error term after using covariates."

Mark Peecher, Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Director

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Research Stories

Apr 15

The Bankruptcy Bust: Wang documents the surprising decline of COVID bankruptcies

Experts predicted COVID-19 would cause a "tidal wave" of bankruptcies. Surprisingly, it was actually the opposite that happened, according to research coauthored by Gies professor Jialan Wang.

Faculty Finance Research in Education

Mar 29

Study: Rapid bulk-testing for COVID-19 key to reopening universities

A new paper co-written by a team of Gies Business professors shows that rapid bulk-testing for COVID-19 along with other standard mitigation measures such as mask-wearing and social distancing were the keys to successfully reopening universities during COVID.

Business Administration Faculty Research in Education

Mar 24

Divine Inhibition: Research finds thinking about God at work can stifle creativity

New research from Gies College of Business Professor Jack Goncalo shows that believers might experience divine inhibition rather than divine inspiration at work.

Business Administration Faculty Research in Education

Mar 11

Personal charitable donation budgets flexible in aftermath of deadly storms

A new paper from a team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign experts finds that, in the aftermath of catastrophic tornadoes, charitable giving to alleviate an unanticipated event doesn’t necessarily crowd out monetary donations to other causes.

Faculty Finance Research in Education

Jan 04

Leiby brings VR, empathy into accounting discipline

The image of an accountant as a dispassionate person who isn’t influenced by status or environment doesn’t reflect today’s professional, according to Justin Leiby, associate professor of accountancy at Gies College of Business.

2021-01 Accountancy Faculty Research in Education

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