Dr. Aric Krause is a faculty member in the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. Aric loves being at Westminster College because he “enjoys the personal aspect of a Westminster education.” He also says that “at every college you visit, you hear about the importance of education. At Westminster, faculty live it by taking the time to get to know students, by individually challenging them, and by honestly caring about student’s lives.” Aric has also worked with a team of faculty members to develop the Professional Bachelor of Business Administration program, a groundbreaking and innovative new business degree program for adult learners.

Dr. Krause is also a consulting economist with the Real Source Economic Team. Aric works with the team to develop sound analysis and forecasting models, analyzing both quantitative and qualitative factors to isolate growth opportunities in different communities.

Aric has worked on numerous projects with national and multinational corporations, primarily in the areas of strategic analysis and regional growth models for the high-tech and investment industries. His primary interests lie in the area of technology -- information flows and changes to organizational methods, information infrastructure technology, and the globalization of multinational corporations. He is very interested in how information changes the decisions people and organizations make, and how the falling cost of information is changing how corporations organize their operations and assets, how and where individuals choose to use their resources, and how governments provide services. Each of these phenomena has incredible implications for the organization of society over time.

Aric relocated to Salt Lake City in 1999 from Western Pennsylvania. Aric received his Ph.D. in economics from Colorado State University in 1998, a M.A. in economics from DePaul University in 1993, and a B.S. in economics from Illinois State University in 1989. Aric researches in the areas of: information technology, standardization of technology, and technology-intensive multinational corporations. Aric also consults in the areas of trade policy and strategy.

Aric is a travel junkie. In the past three years, he has visited Thailand, China, India, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Austria, Slovak Republic, Cambodia, Korea, Croatia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Hungary, and Utah County.

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