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Joshua Gans

Professor

Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

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  • Professor
    Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
  • 416-978-3243 (Work)
  • 647-273-3202 (Mobile)
  • Rotman School of Management, 105 St George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3E6, Canada

BIO

Joshua Gans holds the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair in Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship and is a Professor at Rotman (with a cross-appointment in the Department of Economics). His research is primarily focused on understanding the economic drivers of innovation and scientific progress, and has core interests in digital strategy and antitrust policy. Joshua is the department editor (Strategy) of Management Science, managing director of the Core Research consultancy and writes regularly for HBR and Digitopoly.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor of Strategic Management and Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2011 - present
  • Chief Economist
    University of Toronto, Creative Destruction Lab, Canada2014 - present
  • Research Associate
    National Bureau for Economic Research, Canada2012 - present
  • Research Affiliate
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Digital Business, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, United States2012 - present
  • Area Coordinator
    University of Toronto, Department of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, CanadaJul 2013 - Jun 2019
  • Professor of Management (Information Economics)
    University of Melbourne, Melbourne Business School, Melbourne, AustraliaOct 2000 - Jun 2011
  • Professorial Fellow
    University of Melbourne, Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia2001 - 2011
  • Associate Professor
    University of Melbourne, Department of Economics, Melbourne, AustraliaJul 1996 - Oct 2000
  • Visiting Researcher
    Microsoft Research (New England Lab), EnglandJan 2011 - Jun 2011
  • Visiting Scholar
    Harvard University, Cambridge, United StatesDec 2009 - Jan 2011
  • Director
    Melbourne Business School, Centre for Ideas and the Economy, AustraliaOct 2006 - present
  • Director
    University of Melbourne, Economic Theory Centre, Melbourne, AustraliaJan 2006 - Dec 2009
  • Associate Director
    University of Melbourne, Economic Theory Centre, Melbourne, AustraliaSep 2001 - Dec 2005
  • Lecturer
    University of South Wales, School of Economics, Pontypridd, United KingdomSep 1994 - Jul 1996

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Visiting Researcher
    Microsoft2011 - 2011
  • Managing Director
    Core Economic Research2001 - present
  • Vice President (Economics)
    CDL Rapid Screening Consortium2020 - present
  • Co-Editor
    International Journal of Industrial Organization2005 - 2011
  • Co-Editor
    Journal of Economics and Management Strategy2003 - 2008
  • Director
    Intellectual Property Research Institute of AustraliaAug 2006 - Jan 2007
  • Associate Director
    Intellectual Property Research Institute of AustraliaMar 2002 - Aug 2006
  • Chief Economist
    Revlo2015 - 2017
  • Advisory Board
    Coursepeer Ltd2012 - present
  • Advisory Board
    Atlus Inc2012 - 2013
  • Advisory Board
    PenyoPal Inc2012 - 2014
  • Advisory Board
    Rismark Pty Ltd2005 - 2012
  • Advisory Board
    Aplia.com2005 - 2007
  • Director
    Melbourne Business School LtdOct 2003 - Oct 2006

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Stanford University, Stanford, United States
  • BEcon (Hons.)
    University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia1986 - 1989

AVAILABILITY

  • Media enquiries

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRI)

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