Ward Hanson

Dr. Ward Hanson is a member of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, where he is a Fellow and Policy Forum Director. Previous faculty positions include the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Purdue University Krannert School of Management, and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is an adviser, expert witness, and consultant to leading firms in Silicon Valley and beyond. He has a Masters and Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University and a B.A. from the...See more

Dr. Ward Hanson is a member of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, where he is a Fellow and Policy Forum Director. Previous faculty positions include the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Purdue University Krannert School of Management, and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is an adviser, expert witness, and consultant to leading firms in Silicon Valley and beyond. He has a Masters and Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Hanson analyzes the economics and marketing of new technology. His current areas of Internet research include governmental policy choices and their impact on the Internet, the rise of individualization as a general purpose technology, and quantitative models of online business. Other research interests include product line pricing, competitive strategy, and the diffusion of innovative energy alternatives. Professor Hanson created the first Stanford Graduate School of Business Internet marketing class in 1996 (one of the first in the world and repeated many times), pioneered an online version of the class in 2000, teaches a course on the economics of the Internet, and is developing a class in the use of online tools for policy analysis and persuasion. His previous book, Principles of Internet Marketing, has been adopted worldwide and translated into multiple languages, including Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. Offline, he enjoys golf, cycling, political debates, and family. See less