时 间： 7月14日上午10-11:30
地 点： 光华管理学院新楼217会议室
Making the Best Use of Your Time in Front of an Audience:
Learning to Give a Research Seminar
Eric K. Clemons
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Abstract:
It is essential for international scholars to be able to deliver an effective research presentation, whether as a job talk or presenting research results in an academic conference. Often a speaker’s communications skills have as great an influence on the researcher’s academic future as the quality of his or her research. There are a few simple techniques that greatly facilitate giving a talk, communicating effectively, and engaging your audience. We will cover the most important lessons I have learned in public speaking, learned in my almost 40 years in front of a classroom, speaking to executive audiences and in regulatory settings, and presenting research results to academic colleagues.
Bio:
Eric K. Clemons (clemons@wharton.upenn.edu) is Professor of Operations and Information Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His education includes an S.B. in Physics from MIT, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University. He has been a pioneer in the systematic study of the transformational effects of information on the strategy and practice of business. His research and teaching interests include strategic uses of information systems, the changes that IT enables in the competitive balance between new entrants and established industry participants, transformation of distribution channels, the structure and governance of the IT functional area, and the impact of IT on the risks and benefits of outsourcing and strategic alliances. Industries of focus include international securities markets and financial services firms, consumer packaged goods retailing, and travel. He specializes in assessing the competitive implications of IT, and in managing the risks of large-scale implementation efforts. More recently, he has begun studying blogging and social media and the challenges to applying current antitrust law to online business models.
Dr. Clemons is the founder and project director for the Wharton School’s Sponsored Research Project on Information: Strategy and Economics Within the Program for Global Strategy and Knowledge Intensive Organizations. He participated in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in February 2009. He is currently a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Management Information Systems, The International Journal of Electronic Commerce, and Electronic Commerce Research and Applications. Dr. Clemons has 36 years’ experience on the faculties of Wharton, Cornell, Harvard, the Indian School of Business, and Singapore Management University, and consulting experience in the private and public sectors both domestically and abroad.
