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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 research focuses on the impact of different funding regimes on the rate and direction of scientific progress. He is also part of a large team surveying management practices and culture in scientific laboratories on a large scale. His latest projects examine the complex relationship between risk and return in scientific research.

At MIT Sloan, he teaches courses on competitive strategy, technology strategy, and platform strategy, 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.

 

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"Medical Progress and Health Care Finance: Evidence from Academic Medical Centers."

Azoulay, Pierre, Misty Heggeness, and Jennifer Kao. Research Policy Vol. 54, No. 2 (2025): 105163.

"Old Moats for New Models: Openness, Control, and Competition in Generative AI."

Azoulay, Pierre, Joshua L. Krieger, and Abhishek Nagaraj. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy Vol. 4, (2025): 7-46. Article online. NBER Working Paper #32474.

"Who Stands on the Shoulders of Chinese (Scientific) Giants? Evidence from Chemistry."

Qiu, Shumin, Claudia Steinwender, and Pierre Azoulay. Research Policy Vol. 54, No. 1 (2025): 105147. Also NBER Working Paper 30772.

"​Paper Tiger? Chinese Science and Citation Home-bias."

Azoulay, Pierre, Shumin Qiu, and Claudia Steinwender, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6977-23. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, May 2024. Also NBER Working Paper #32468.

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