Research

How measurement shapes innovation and entrepreneurship: regulatory metrics, figures of merit, entrepreneurial strategy, and how investors and entrepreneurs evaluate one another when hard data is scarce.

01 — Peer-Reviewed PublicationsN = 3

A Familiar Face: Measuring Visual Similarity in Venture Capital

2026 · Strategy Science, forthcoming · [Summary]

Measurement for Dummies? Exploring the Role of Regulatory Metrics and Firm Strategy

2025 · Management Science, forthcoming · [Summary]

Foundations of Entrepreneurial Strategy

with Joshua Gans and Scott Stern · 2019 · Strategic Management Journal, 40(5): 736–756

02 — Working PapersN = 4

Reversing the Herd: Binding Caps and the Direction of Innovation

R&R

Measuring the Frontier: How Figures of Merit Shape Innovation

Selling Science: The Role of Framing in the Market for Innovative Ideas

with Melody Chang

Some Simple Economics of AGI

with Christian Catalini and Xiang Hui