Eric C. Larson
Teaching Professor of Business Administration and Shebik Faculty Fellow
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Educational Background
- Ph.D., Business Administration (Information Systems), University of Minnesota, 2012
- MBA, Marketing Research, Oklahoma State University, 1996
- B.S., Magna Cum Laude, Chemistry, Colorado State University, 1992
Positions Held
- Teaching Professor of Business Administration, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023 to present
- Associate Head of Business Administration, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019-2023
- Teaching Associate Professor of Business Administration, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018-2023
- Academic Director, M.S. Management, 2018-2019
- Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2012-2018
- Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Minnesota, 2006-2012
- Product Manager, Quorum Business Solutions, Inc., 1999-2006
- Consultant, Andersen Consulting, LLP, 1997-1999
- Environmental Scientist, Conoco, Inc., 1992-1996
Recent Publications
- Han, W., & Larson, E. (2022). Teaching Case: A Data Analytic View of the Initial Coin Offering Marketplace. Journal of Information Systems Education, 33 (2), 135-140.
- Larson, E., & Vieregger, C. (2021). The Strategic Dilemma of Counter-Cyclical Capital Investment. Global Business and Economics Review, 24 (4), 317-343.
- Anand, G., Larson, E., & Mahoney, J. (2020). Thomas Kuhn on Paradigms. Production and Operations Management, 29 (7), 1650-1657.
- Larson, E., Written with Inaugural Edition Co-Authors Kishyori Kamaludin, Alex Kogen, Shannon Monaghan, & Michelle Shen (Ed.) (2020). Business Analytics Foundations: A Nextbook for Learning Statistical Decision-Making in Business. Champaign, Illinois.
Other Publications
Articles
- Kim, S., Anand, G., Larson, E., & Mahoney, J. (2019). Resource Co-Specialization in Outsourcing of Entrepreneurial Systems Software: Impact on Exchange Success and Firm Growth. Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, 10 (5), 1015-1046.
- Larson, E., & Vieregger, C. (2019). Strategic Actions in a Platform Context: What Should Facebook Do Next? Journal of Information Systems Education, 30 (2).
- Larson, E. (2018). Congratulations! …to the World? One Person's Experience with Social Media. Journal of Information Systems Education, 29 (3).
- Vieregger, C., Larson, E., & Anderson, P. (2017). Top Management Team Structure and Resource Reallocation within the Multibusiness Firm. Journal of Management, 43 (8), 2497-2525.
- Larson, E., Nelson, M., & Carter, M. (2015). The FIRST+ Year Information Systems Faculty Experience. Communications of the Association for Information Systems.
- Larson, E. (2013). Utilizing Classroom Simulation to Convey Key Concepts in IT Portfolio Management. Journal of Information Systems Education, 24 (2), 99-104.
Book Chapters
- Larson, E., & Haran, V. (2017). Locked in by social media features? Translating clicks and comments into value. Internetworked World-15th Workshop on e-Business, WeB 2016, Revised Selected Papers ( pp. 104-109). Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
Conference Proceedings
- Larson, E., Han, W., & Garimella, A. (2022). Driving Innovation in IS Research through the Technology, Research, Education, and Opinion (TREO) Lightning Presentations. Americas Conference on Information Systems, Minneapolis MN.
- Larson, E. (2017). Locked in by Social Media Features? Translating Clicks and Comments into Value. ( pp. 104-109). e-Business Research Workshop, Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
- Larson, E., & Haran, V. (2016). Locked in by Social Media Features? Translating Clicks and Comments into Value. Workshop on e-Business.
- Ghoshal, A., Larson, E., Subramanyam, R., & Shaw, M. (2015). The Impact of Business Analytics Strategy on Social, Mobile, and Cloud Computing Adoption. Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
- Huang, Y., Shaw, M., Larson, E., & Subramanyam, R. (2015). How Do We Construct Information Technology (IT) Portfolios? – Attributes, Measurements, and Different Types of IT Portfolios. JAIS Theory Development Workshop held in conjunction with the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS.
- Larson, E. (2015). An Analysis of the Impact of Business Intelligence on the IT Organization. Global Information Technology Management World Conference.
- Larson, E., Vieregger, C., & Anderson, P. (2015). Top Management Team Configuration and Strategic Resource Reallocation. Strategic Management Society.
- Vieregger, C., Larson, E., & Anderson, P. (2015). The Reallocation of Capital Resources within Multidivisional Firms. Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
- Croson, D., Drnevich, P., Larson, E., Mithas, S., Ray, G., & Tribble, L. (2014). PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP: Valuing the Strategic Contributions of Information Systems Research. Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
- Ghoshal, A., Larson, E., Subramanyam, R., & Shaw, M. (2014). The Impact of Business Analytics Strategy on Social, Mobile, and Cloud Computing Adoption. International Conference on Information Systems.
- Larson, E., & Adams, C. (2014). Does Higher CIO Rank Serve as an Organizational Integration Mechanism? Americas Conference on Information Systems.
- Sethi, R., Larson, E., & Tafti, A. (2014). Should Executives Consider the Rarity of IT Resources When Courting Alliance Partners? Americas Conference on Information Systems.
- Huang, Y., Larson, E., & Shaw, M. (2013). Using a Mark-to-Market Valuation Technique to Objectively Measure IT Portfolio Value Creation. Americas Conference on Information Systems.
- Tu, Y., Shaw, M., Subramanyam, R., & Larson, E. (2013). An Examination of IT Initiative Portfolio Characteristics and Investment Allocation: A Computational Modeling and Simulation Approach. Americas Conference on Information Systems.
- Larson, E., & Adams, C. (2011). A Broadened Approach to IT Organizational Structure. Americas Conference on Information Systems.
- Larson, E., & Adams, C. (2010). Increasing Coordination Demands and the Impact on CIO Rank. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
- Adams, C., Larson, E., & Xia, W. (2007). A Trend Toward More Centralized Information Technology (IT) Management. Americas Conference on Information Systems.
Presentations
- Larson, E., & Vieregger, C. (2019). Digitization and the Strategic Decision to Exit Underperforming Businesses. Strategic Management Society Conference.
- Ghoshal, A., Larson, E., Subramanyam, R., & Shaw, M. (2014). The Impact of Business Analytics Strategy on Social, Mobile, and Cloud Computing Adoption. International Conference on Information Systems.
Honors and Awards
- Shebik Centennial Faculty Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021 to present
- List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent By Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022
- Poets & Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors, Poets and Quants, 2021
- Dean's Impact Award, Gies College of Business, 2020-2021
- James F. Towey Faculty Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019-2021
- R. C. Evans Data Analytics Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019-2020
Grants
- Locked in by Social Media Features? Translating Clicks and Comments into Value, Department of Business Administration, Junior Faculty Council, 2016
- A Life Cycle Approach to Understanding Free/Libre Open Source Software Communities, College of Business, Office of Research, UIUC, 2015
- The Effect of Transparency by Social Media Platforms on User Sharing Behavior, Department of Business Administration, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014
- The Economic Impact of Top Management Teams on the Resource Allocation Process, Department of Business Administration, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013-2014
Current Courses
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Business Analytics I (BADM 210) An introduction to basic knowledge of statistics, distributions, and linear regressions in a business setting Students will be able to perform and understand the use of basic statistical methods in generating inferences and modeling including hypothesis testing and multivariate regression. The course will introduce the concepts of a data life cycle, data visualization, and data summarization. Students will learn how to identify, describe and frame business opportunities through evidence-based storytelling and hands-on learning using spreadsheets and data visualization tools.
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Communicating with Data (BADM 502) Making decisions in organizations often require data, an approach that is increasingly becoming critical with proliferation of data. Data has to be understood for insights, to aid in decision making or presented to others to persuade. This course will introduce concepts and techniques to understand and communicate data for insights and decision-making. Topics include types of data, data visualization, descriptive statistics, understanding and representing variation, multiple variables, time series and maps. The course will follow a practice based approach.
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