Heck, Prof. Dr. Ir. Eric van
Function Professor Information Management and Markets
Room Number T9-01
Telephone +31(0)10 408 2029
Fax +31(0)10 408 9010
E-mail evanheck@rsm.nl
 

Research Interests

  • Smart Business Networks
  • Electronic Business Models
  • Electronic Markets
  • Innovative Auctions
  • IT Strategy and IT Alignment
  • IT Outsourcing

Key Publications

  • Radkevitch, Ulad, Eric van Heck, Otto Koppius (2009), Portfolios of Buyer-Supplier Exchange Relationships in an Online Marketplace for IT Services, Decision Support Systems, 47(4): 297-306.
  • Van Heck, Eric and Peter Vervest (2009), Smart Business Networks: Concept and Empirical Evidence, Decision Support Systems, 47(4): 275-276.
  • Van Heck, Eric (2009), The Next Generation Workplace, Research Briefing, MIT Sloan School of Management, Center for Information Systems Research (CISR), Volume IX, Number 9B, p. 1-4, September 2009.
  • Li, Ting, Eric van Heck & Peter Vervest (2009), Information capability and value creation strategy: advancing revenue management through mobile ticketing technologies, European Journal of Information Systems, February 2009, volume 18, Issue 1: 38-51.
  • Yang. S. and E. van Heck, The Impact of Multi-access Technologies on Consumer Electronic Auctions: A Comparison of Markets in China and the Netherlands, European Management Journal vol. 27 no. 1 (2009), pp. 47-63. (Feb 2009).
  • Hilhorst, C, P. Ribbers, E. van Heck, M. Smits, Using Dempster-Shafer Theory and Real Options Theory to Assess Competing Strategies for Implementing IT Infrastructures; A Case Study, Decision Support Systems 46 (2008), 344-355.
  • Quariguasi Frota Neto, J., Bloemhof, J., van Nunen, J.A.E.E. and van Heck, E., Designing and Evaluating Sustainable Logistics Networks. International Journal of Production Economics, 111(2):195-208, Feb 2008.
  • Van Heck, E., The Virtual Merchant is Searching for Profit: How Google Is Auctioning Keywords and Will Create New Business Models, Bouwman H. et al. (eds), Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom, Essays in Commemoration of Prof. dr. Rene Wagenaar, IOS Press, 2008, pp. 115-121.
  • Van Oosterhout, M., E. Koenen, E. van Heck, The Adoption of Grid Technology and Its Perceived Impact on Agility, in: Vervest, P.H.M., D.W. van Liere, L. Zheng, The Network Experience, New Value from Smart Business Networks, Springer, 2008, pp. 285-299.
  • Van Heck, Eric and Peter Vervest, Smart Business Networks: How the Network Wins, Communications of the ACM, vol. 50, Issue 6 (June 2007), p. 28 -37.
  • Pozzebon, M. and E van Heck (2006), Local Adaptations of Generic Application Systems: The Case of Veiling Holambra in Brazil, Journal of Information Technology, vol. 21, pp. 73-85, June 2006.
  • Vervest, Peter, Eric van Heck, Kenneth Preiss, Louis-Francois Pau (eds.) (2005), Smart Business Networks, Springer, Berlin, ISBN 3-540-22840-3
  • Baalen, P. van, J. Bloemhof, E van Heck (2005), Knowledge Sharing in an Emerging Network of Practice: The Role of a Knowledge Portal, European Management Journal, vol. 23, no.3, June 2005.
  • Driedonks, C, S. McGregor, A. Wassenaar, E. van Heck (2005), Economic and Social Analysis of the Adoption of B2B Electronic Marketplaces: A Case Study in the Australian Beef Industry, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 49-72, Spring 2005.
  • Vesa, J. and E. van Heck (2005), Factors for adopting multi-access technologies in online consumer auction markets in Finland, European Management Journal, vol. 23, no.2, p. 182-194, April 2005.
  • Vervest, Peter, Eric van Heck, Kenneth Preiss, Eric van Heck, Louis Pau (2004), Introduction to Smart Business Networks, Journal of Information Technology, Special Issue on Smart Business Networks, vol 19, Issue 4, p. 225-227, December 2004.
  • Kambil Ajit and Eric van Heck (2004), Introduction to 'Innovative Auction Markets' Special Issue, International Journal of Electronic Markets, Special Issue on Innovative Auction Markets, vol 14, Issue 3, p. 166-169, November 2004.
  • Koppius, Otto, Eric van Heck, Matthijs Wolters (2004), The Importance of Product Representation Online: Empirical Results and Implications for Electronic Markets, Decision Support Systems, vol. 38, Issue 2, p 161 - 169, November 2004.
  • Cunden, Mayen and Eric van Heck (2004), Bargaining Power and Information Technology in African-European Business Relationships: Case of the Dutch Flower Auctions, European Management Journal, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 573-587, October 2004.
  • Van Heck, E. (2004), Seizing the Value of Online Auctions, in: Subir Chowdhury (ed.), Next Generation Business Handbook: New Strategies from Tomorrow's Thought Leaders, chapter 67, pp. 1169 - 1182, Hoboken, New Jersey, John Wiley & Sons, September 2004 (ISBN 0-471-66996-2)
  • De Ruiter, Stefan and Eric van Heck (2004), The Impact of Multi-access Technologies on Consumer Electronic Auctions, European Management Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 377-392, August 2004.
  • Delporte-Vermeiren, Dominique, Peter Vervest, Eric van Heck (2004), In Search of Margin for Business Networks: The European Patent Office, European Management Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 167-182, April 2004.
  • Kambil, Ajit and Eric van Heck (2002), Making Markets, How Firms Can Design and Profit from Online Auctions and Exchanges, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 224 pp., ISBN 1-57851-658-7.
  • Kern, Thomas, Leslie P. Willcocks, Eric van Heck (2002), The "Winner's Curse" in IT Outsourcing, California Management Review , 44, no. 2, p. 47-69, Winter 2002.
  • Wolters, M.J.J., E. van Heck, P.H.M. Vervest (2002), Modularity in Three Dimensions: A Study of Mass Customization in the Dutch House Building Industry, in: C. Rautenstrauch, R. Seelmann-Eggebert, K. Turowksi (eds.), Moving into Mass Customization. Information Systems and Management Principles, p. 211-226, Springer, 2002 (ISBN 3-540-43611-1).
  • Van Heck E., The Cutting Edge in Auctions, Harvard Business Review, vol. 78, no.2, pp. 18-19, March/April 2000.
  • Van Heck, E. and P. Vervest, How should CIOs deal with Web-Based Auctions?, Communications of the ACM, vol.41, no.7, pp. 99-100, July 1998. (ISSN 0001-0782)
  • Kambil A. and E. van Heck, Re-engineering the Dutch Flower Auctions: A Framework for Analyzing Exchange Organizations, Information Systems Research, vol.9, no.1, pp. 1-19, March 1998.

Teaching

  • MScBA in Business Information Management
  • PhD Courses in Information Management Research and Intelligent Agents Research

Miscellaneous

Eric van Heck is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Information Technology and Decision Support Systems. He was the ERIM Director of Doctoral Education (2007-2009). Eric was a visiting professor at the Helsinki School of Economics and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. In 2003 he was awarded with a honorary fellowship from the Athens University of Economics and Business. He will be a visiting scholar at MIT Sloan School of Management (Summer 2009).

Personal Blog:
http://ericvanheck.blogspot.com