Natalie Carlson

Natalie Carlson is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Her work bridges entrepreneurship, human capital, and computational methods with a focus on emerging economies.

• Ph.D., Management - Columbia Business School
• B.A., Economics - Yale University

Research Interests:

• Entrepreneurship in informal economies
• Impact of immigrant talent on multinational strategies
• Text-as-data and machine learning methodologies
• Field experiments in Zimbabwe and Colombia

Notable Scientific Awards:

• Wharton Teaching Excellence Award (2021-2024)
• Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship (2017-2018)
• Deming Center Doctoral Fellowship (2018-2019)

Her work analyzes productivity drivers in microenterprises and explores computational approaches to leadership communication. She teaches courses on global growth of emerging firms at undergraduate and MBA levels.