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.

Research Stories

Oct 21

Co-linking: How crossing boundaries can help innovators reach the goal line

Zack Kertcher's research focuses on examining innovation and change in organizations, and considering research approaches that combine big quantitative data with thick qualitative data to improve insight.

Business Administration Faculty Research in Education

Oct 19

Gies launches Illinois Strategic Organizations Initiative

Under the direction of Professor William Ocasio, ISOI addresses unmet demand by academic communities and corporations for interdisciplinary research in strategic organizational design and management.

Business Administration Faculty Research in Education

Oct 13

The surprising upside of state-owned enterprise

Carlos Inoue is an assistant professor of business administration whose research interests include strategic management, organizational governance in the public interest, knowledge workers, and health care.

Business Administration Faculty Research in Education

Oct 08

Bursting the Beginner’s Bubble: Preventing the Misbeliefs That Lead to Big Mistakes

Assistant Professor Carmen Sanchez researches the development of misbeliefs, specifically the quality of people’s decisions and what psychological processes lead people to form false beliefs about themselves and the world around them.

Business Administration Faculty Research in Education