Kevin Boudreau

Kevin Boudreau is a Research Fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Program on Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. He serves as an Associate Editor for Management Science in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Business Strategy, and as an editorial board member for the Strategic Management Journal. His expertise centers on platform design and innovation systems leveraging open innovation, multi-sided markets, and crowdsourcing approaches.

• PhD in Behavioral and Policy Sciences, MIT
• MA in Economics, University of Toronto
• BASc in Engineering, University of Waterloo

Boudreau's research combines large-scale field experiments and econometric analysis of observational data to study knowledge production in science, tournament design in innovation systems, and platform governance. His work spans digital innovation strategies, intellectual property protection, and gender dynamics in competitive environments.

His recent publications examine artificial intelligence platform competition, freemium strategies, and gender differences in STEM fields. Supported by grants from Google, Microsoft, the Kauffman Foundation, and the National Science Foundation, his studies explore digital competition, crowdfunding models, and platform ecosystem dynamics.

• Research Support: Google, Microsoft, NBER, Kauffman Foundation, National Science Foundation
• Collaborations: Harvard Medical School, NASA, Canadian Space Agency, TopCoder

Boudreau contributes to academic communities through editorial roles and collaborations, including field experiments on engineering students' professional exposure and digital innovation at Harvard Medical School.