Empirical research on Technology, Strategy and Innovation

 

 

KEVIN BOUDREAU

 

Assistant Professor, Strategy

(PhD MIT)

 

HEC - Paris School of Management
(wiki)

 

boudreau  HEC  fr

 

(I will be moving to London Business School in 2009)

 

HEC is ranked overall #1 Euro Business School by Financial Times; LBS, INSEAD have top MBAs

 

Target academic journals of HEC faculty

 

Journals:

ManSci, SMJ, OrgSci, AMJ, AMR, RAND, JEMS, ResPol

 

Links:

Technology Quarterly

MIT Technology Review

American Scientist

Scientific American

Design Engineer

IEEE pubs

NYTimes Technology

Slashdot

 

Other Links:

Statalist

 

Blogs:

Tech Innov & Intellectual Property

Marginal Revolution

Organizations and Markets

 

 

Publicly-available data:

Contracting and Organizationas Research Institute (CORI) Database

NBER Patent Database

WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services)

Corptech

Angel Capital Association

Current Population Survey

Bureau of Labor Statistics

County Business Patterns

Entrepreneurship facts from SBA
Kauffman Foundation

European Venture Capital Association

IMF International Financial Statistics

National Venture Capital Association

NBER Releases

Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics

Panel Study of Income Dynamics

RAND Resources

Recombinant Capital

Resources for Economists on the Internet

Survey of Consumer Finances

Survey of Income and Program Participation

Survey of Small Business Finances

U.S. House Internet Law Library links.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's web site.

US Census

US Census Bureau's Center for Economic Studies

US Federal Reserve Board of Governors

US Small Business Administration

VentureXpert

WebEc

World Bank financial Structure Database

World Intellectual Property Organization.

US Securties and Exchange Commission

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)