Faculty
Pierre Azoulay is the International Programs Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
His current research focuses on empirical studies of the supply of biomedical innovators, particularly at the interface of academia and the biopharmaceutical industry. He also is interested in the topic of academic entrepreneurship, having recently concluded a major study of the antecedents and consequences of academic patenting. In the past, he has investigated the impact of superstar researchers on the research productivity of their colleagues, and the outsourcing strategies of pharmaceutical firms, in particular the role played by contract research organizations in the clinical trials process.
At MIT Sloan, he teaches courses on competitive strategy and innovation strategy to the EMBA students and Sloan Fellows, as well as a PhD class on the economics of ideas, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
He holds a Diplôme d’Études Supérieures de Gestion from the Institut National des Télécommunications, an MA from Michigan State University, and a PhD in management from MIT.
Azoulay, Pierre, Benjamin Jones, Daniel Kim, and Javier Miranda. American Economic Review: Insights Vol. 2, No. 1 (2020): 65-82. Download Paper.
Azoulay, Pierre, Benjamin Jones, J. Daniel Kim, and Javier Miranda, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6169-20. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, September 2020. Also NBER Working Paper #27778.
Azoulay, Pierre and Benjamin Jones. Science, May 8, 2020.
Azoulay, Pierre, and Freda B. Lynn. Sociological Science Vol. 7, (2020): 152-186. Download Paper.
Azoulay, Pierre, and Danielle Li, MIT Sloan Working Paper 5927-19. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, March 2020. Also NBER Working Paper #26889.
Azoulay, Pierre and Ariel Y. Fishman, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6050-20. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, March 2020. Also NBER Working Paper #26892.
A new study finds immigrants are more likely to start a company than their U.S.-born counterparts.
Based on prior research on life-science breakthroughs, the government should espouse two broad principles for orchestrating innovation activities dedicated to bringing the pandemic to an end.
Source: Quartz (India)
According to a July 2020 study, authored by Pierre Azoulay and others, immigrants are 80% more likely to be entrepreneurs than natives in the US.