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Pierre Azoulay is a Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). His research explores the intersection of technical change, labor economics, health economics, and organizational economics, with a focus on the organization of the "ideas sector" and the institutional drivers of innovation and economic growth. He collaborates extensively with scholars like Joshua Graff Zivin on projects analyzing NIH funding mechanisms and scientific risk-taking.
His work reveals critical insights into the economic value of fundamental research, including studies showing NIH grants generate significant commercial spillovers, and immigrant entrepreneurs outperform native-born peers in job creation and patenting. Current projects examine management practices in scientific laboratories and the relationship between risk and return in research. At MIT, he teaches courses on competitive strategy, technology strategy, and platform strategy, alongside a PhD class on the economics of ideas and innovation.
A frequent commentator on science policy, Azoulay has advocated for nuanced NIH reform in outlets like The Boston Globe and contributed to debates on the economic impact of generative AI in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy. His research on small-team innovation and scientific grant funding has been published in Nature and Science. 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.
