E-Business Research Grants - 2004-2005

WeBI supports and conducts multiyear, interdisciplinary research with input from over 75 faculty drawn from all eleven departments of the Wharton School including Real Estate, Operations and Information Management, Marketing and Management. Some representative research areas include: changing business processes; evolving business models; business process outsourcing; and digital transformation.

For more information on how to contribute to Wharton's research contact us by calling 215-573-7722 or email: emerging-tech@wharton.upenn.edu.

Current Research in Progress:

This Summer WeBI awarded 10 research grants to Wharton faculty and colleagues, thanks to a generous contribution from our industry partner, Charles Schwab.  We wish to acknowledge Schwab's contributions to our research discussions as well as for providing funding as an industry partner in the Wharton eBusiness Initiative and Emerging Technologies Management Research Program. 

Following is a list of researchers and projects:

Ravi Aron A Framework to Measure the Impact of Risk on the Nature and Extent Outsourcing of Business Processes David Bell Space-Time Evolution of Customer Franchises for e-Businesses Jehoshua Eliashberg Is There a Future to the "Club" Model? Thomas Lee Managing Semistructured Text for Automated Regulatory Compliance Support Ian MacMillian Version 2.0 of Siml-Space Simulation Model Marshall Meyer Alibaba.com: Reshaping Business Culture and Business Networks in China Joel Waldfogel Effects of Music Downloading on Revenue, Welfare and Innovation Balaji  Padmanabhan The Use of Knowledge in Structuring Online Interactions Mark Zbaracki Pricing Capability Xavier Dreze Real Time Optimization of Online Marketing Communications