Innessa Colaiacovo is a doctoral student in the Strategy Unit at HBS. Her primary research interests are in entrepreneurship and labor markets.
Her job market paper [coming soon] draws on a novel survey experiment, the Hiring at Top Startups Study, to explore the hiring and compensation-setting practices of founders of young, high-potential U.S. firms.
Prior to HBS, She earned her AB in Economics and French Studies from Brown University (magna cum laude) in 2012, and her MSc in Economics in 2018. She subsequently worked as a Research Assistant at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA and at IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. She also spent a year working in the Canadian House of Commons as part of the Parliamentary Internship Programme.
Her job market paper [coming soon] draws on a novel survey experiment, the Hiring at Top Startups Study, to explore the hiring and compensation-setting practices of founders of young, high-potential U.S. firms.
Prior to HBS, She earned her AB in Economics and French Studies from Brown University (magna cum laude) in 2012, and her MSc in Economics in 2018. She subsequently worked as a Research Assistant at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA and at IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. She also spent a year working in the Canadian House of Commons as part of the Parliamentary Internship Programme.
- Working Papers
-
- Colaiacovo, Innessa. "No Mask, No Service: Customer Reaction to Walmart’s 2020 National Mask Mandate." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-004, July 2023. (Revise and Resubmit to Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.) View Details
- Colaiacovo, Innessa, Daniel P. Gross, and Jorge Guzman. "The Composition and Dynamics of Technology-Enabled Entrepreneurship." SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 4383445, March 2023. (Revise and Resubmit: Strategic Management Journal.) View Details
- Colaiacovo, Innessa, Margaret Dalton, Sari Pekkala Kerr, and William R. Kerr. "The Transformation of Self Employment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-051, January 2022. View Details
- Additional Information
-
About Me
- Area of Study