Studying technological change in firms and the economy

Research Interests

How digital technologies impact firm performance, organizational design, and strategy. Data-driven decision making. Organizational complements to digitization. “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) and the Future of Work.

Fields of Study

Strategic Management

Innovation

Organizational & Labor Economics

Applied Microeconomics

Entrepreneurship

Decision-Making

Industrial Organization

Academic Positions

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Cross-appointed to University of Toronto Scarborough &
Rotman School of Management
2014–present

Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School
2008–2014

Affiliations

Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology & Society
Faculty Fellow

Creative Destruction Lab
Lab Economist

Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
Digital Fellow, Digital Economy Lab

Boston University
Fellow, Technology & Policy Research Initiative

MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
Digital Fellow

CESifo
Affiliate Member

NORC at the University of Chicago
Senior Fellow, Economics, Justice & Society

Degrees

Ph.D. Northwestern University
A.M. Stanford University
A.B. Stanford University
Dip. London School of Economics
B.A. Albion College

Awards

2024-2025 Schwartz Reisman Institute (SRI) Faculty Fellow, University of Toronto
2023 Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Nominee
2022 SSHRC Insight Development Grant
2022 Outstanding Reviewer, Knowledge & Innovation
2021 Best Proposal in Knowledge & Innovation, Strategic Management Society
2021 Best Rigor in Research Proposal, Competitive Strategy, Strategic Management Society
2020 Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award, National Association for Business Economics
2019 Best Paper, Honorable Mention, Strategic Management Society
2019 Kauffman Foundation Grant, with Erik Brynjolfsson
2018 Kauffman Knowledge Challenge Grants (2)
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Selected Work