I am an economist and management scholar working at the intersection of entrepreneurship, strategy, and organization. I apply economic theories and research methods to key issues about the emergence, boundaries, and internal organization of firms, how individuals and groups engage in entrepreneurial and innovative activity, and the ways organizations structure themselves to create and capture value. I am particularly interested in applications of entrepreneurship, strategy, and organization to innovation, diversification, vertical coordination, health care, and public policy.

My work has appeared in the top management and entrepreneurship journals such as Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Academy of Management Perspectives, Strategic Organization, and Journal of Management Studies. I’ve also published in economics journals such as the Rand Journal of Economics, Journal of Industrial Economics, Managerial and Decision Economics, Economic Inquiry, and American Journal of Agricultural Economics. My books have been published by Cambridge University Press, the University of Chicago Press, Edward Elgar, and the Mises Institute and have been translated into Chinese, Portuguese, Polish, and Persian. I have received research funding from the National Science Foundation, the Kauffman Foundation, the Illinois-Missouri Biotechnology Alliance, and other organizations.

I have won best book or paper awards from the Foundation for Economic Education, the European Management Association, the Association of Private Enterprise Education, and the Eastern Finance Association and have been a best paper finalist with the Strategic Management Society.

Most of my published and unpublished work is available on Google Scholar, SSRN, ResearchGate, or JSTOR. Full details are available on my CV.

Fun fact: one of my papers was cited in the scientific report accompanying the 2009 Nobel Prize (which is almost as good as winning the Prize itself). Another is mentioned on an NSF page promoting its Rotator program (scroll all the way down).