Daniel Elfenbein

Assistant Professor of Strategy

Areas of Expertise:

Business Policy and Strategy; Economics - Organizational Economics; Entrepreneurism; Management Strategy; Technology Management

Research interests:

Governance of complex transactions; markets for intellectual property; innovation and technological change; university-industry technology transfer; incentives in organizations

Selected Publications:

• "Patents, Publications, and the Market for University Inventions," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Issue 63(4), 688-715, 2007
• "Do Anti-Ticket Scalping Laws Make a Difference Online? Evidence from Internet Sales of NFL Tickets," working paper
• "Ownership and Control Rights in Internet Portal Alliances, 1995-1999," RAND Journal of Economics, Issue 32(2), 356-69, with J. Lerner, 2003
• "The Entrepreneurial Spawning of Scientists and Engineers: Stars, Slugs, and the Small Firm Effect," with B. Hamilton, and T. Zenger, working paper
• "A Greater Price for a Greater Good? Evidence that Consumers Pay More for Charity-Linked Products," with B. McManus, working paper

Academic/professional activities:

Member: Academy of Management and American Economic Association
Referee: American Economic Review, MIT Press, Academy of Management Business Policy and Strategy Division,Berkeley Electronic Journals in Economic Analysis and Policy, California Management Review, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Journal of Political Economy, Managerial and Decision Econ

Awards/honors:

Haas School of Business "Club Six" Teaching Award, 2004 and 2005
Harvard Business School Fellowship, 1998-2003
Phi Beta Kappa, 1993
Detur Prize, (top 3% of Harvard College first-year students), 1991
National Merit Scholarship, 1990

Personal interests:

Dan lives in St. Louis with his wife and son. He appreciates modern translations of the writing of Miguel de Cervantes, the music of Johnny Cash, the general management of Billy Beane, and the food at the original Dreamland BBQ.