I am an applied microeconomist / strategy researcher, focusing on questions of innovation & technology strategy at the intersection of innovation, competition and organization. I study how innovation is best organized in an “ecosystem” of firms.

I am particularly interested in understanding industries where large powerful firms (e.g. platform suppliers) work with large numbers of smaller “complementor” firms or component suppliers. This includes sectors such as telecommunications, publishing, aerospace, video game publishing, computing, television, automotive, fashion, franchises of various kinds, defense, etc.

Here is my resume and here are some papers available on-line.

I have a PhD from MIT, an M.A. in Economics from U of Toronto and a B.A.Sc. in Engineering from U of Waterloo.

Research, Papers and Projects

Upcoming Presentations

Teaching in Strategy, Tech, Innovation

Professional, Consulting, Industry Experience

RESEARCH, PAPERS & PROJECTS

My research is applied and empirical, but attempts to draw from and speak to theories on the economics of innovation, organizational economics, industrial organization and strategic management.

I try to combine careful consideration of the empirical context, sensitivity to theory and knowledge of modern empirical methods to shed new light on difficult empirical questions.

Working papers:

“Incentives versus Diversity: Re-examining the Link between Competition and Innovation” (with N. Lacetera, Case Western and K. Lakhani, Harvard Business School)

“Does Opening a Platform Stimulate Innovation? Effects on Systemic and Modular Innovations”

“Too Many Complementors? Evidence on Software Firms”

“The Boundaries of the Platform Supplier”

Selected Projects In Progress:

“Platform Rules” (with A. Hagiu, Harvard Business School) chapter in “Platforms, Markets and Innovation” (A. Gawer, editor)