Penn Professors on Writing in Information Strategy and Economics:
Professor Eric Clemons
Biography
Professor Eric Clemons is a Professor of Operations and Information Management and his research and teaching interests include strategic uses of information systems, information economics, and the changes enabled by information technology. To see more about Professor Clemons, please visit his Wharton Faculty Page
Important Writing Criteria
When evaluating students' writing, the criteria Prof. Clemons cares about most are, respectively (from most to least important): original ideas, following the assignment instructions, reasoning and evidence, demonstrating mastery of others' ideas, grammar and mechanics, organization, style, proper formatting, and following the discipline's citation criterion.
Writing Process
Professor Clemons's writing process involves, respectively: conducting research, writing a literature review, collecting data, drafting, circulating drafts between authors, circulating via SSRN and at discussion-based conferences, copy editing, writing a final draft, and ultimately submitting to journals.
Other Writers in the Field
Prof. Clemons believes that, in his field, unfortunately, "almost nobody else is terribly concerned with the style of their writing." As Prof. Clemons explains, "Almost none of the new writers in the disciplines have English as their first language."
What Prof. Clemons Writes
Prof. Clemons's writings include scholarly articles, cases, academic articles, and opinion pieces.
