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Maria P. Roche

Maria P. Roche

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Maria Roche is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches Strategy in the MBA required curriculum. Her research focuses on the sourcing, production and diffusion of knowledge, which she examines in various contexts including cities, co-working spaces, universities, and open source platforms. Her work, published at The Review of Economics and Statistics, Organization Science and Research Policy, has been featured in The Atlantic, and the WSJ.

Professor Roche earned her PhD in Management (Strategy and Innovation) at the Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was a recipient of a NSF Science of Science and Innovation Policy Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. She earned an MS in Business Administration and a BA in International Cultural and Business Studies at the University of Passau, Germany. A native of Canada and Germany, Professor Roche has lived and worked in five countries gathering professional experience in various industries such as venture capital and film.

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Maria Roche is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches Strategy in the MBA required curriculum. Her research focuses on the sourcing, production and diffusion of knowledge, which she examines in various contexts including cities, co-working spaces, universities, and open source platforms. Her work, published at The Review of Economics and Statistics, Organization Science and Research Policy, has been featured in The Atlantic, and the WSJ.

Professor Roche earned her PhD in Management (Strategy and Innovation) at the Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was a recipient of a NSF Science of Science and Innovation Policy Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. She earned an MS in Business Administration and a BA in International Cultural and Business Studies at the University of Passau, Germany. A native of Canada and Germany, Professor Roche has lived and worked in five countries gathering professional experience in various industries such as venture capital and film.

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Publications Awards & Honors

Journal Articles
Journal Articles

  • Roche, Maria P. "Academic Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial Advisors and Their Advisees' Outcomes." Organization Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online October 6, 2022.) View Details
  • Roche, Maria P., and Andy Wu. "What's the Optimal Workplace for Your Organization?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (February 9, 2022). View Details
  • Conti, Annamaria, and Maria P. Roche. "Lowering the Bar? External Conditions, Opportunity Costs, and High-Tech Startup Outcomes." Organization Science 32, no. 4 (July–August 2021): 965–986. View Details
  • Roche, Maria P., Annamaria Conti, and Frank T. Rothaermel. "Different Founders, Different Firms: A Comparative Analysis of Academic and Non-academic Startups." Special Issue on Innovative Start-Ups and Policy Initiatives. Research Policy 49, no. 10 (December 2020). View Details
  • Roche, Maria P. "Taking Innovation to the Streets: Micro-geography, Physical Structure and Innovation." Review of Economics and Statistics 102, no. 5 (December 2020): 912–928. View Details

Working Papers
Working Papers

  • Marinoni, Astrid, and Maria P. Roche. "You've Got Mail! The Late 19th Century U.S. Postal Service Expansion, Entrepreneurship, and Firm Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-022, October 2022. View Details
  • Brown, Daniel Jay, and Maria Roche. "The Ties That No Longer Bind: Inventor Mobility and Patent Litigation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-021, October 2022. View Details
  • Conti, Annamaria, Christian Peukert, and Maria Roche. "Beefing IT Up for Your Investor? Open Sourcing and Startup Funding: Evidence from GitHub." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-001, July 2021. (Revised October 2022.) View Details
  • Thursby, Jerry, Marie Thursby, Karim R. Lakhani, Kyle R. Myers, Nina Cohodes, Sarah Bratt, Dennis Byrski, Hannah Cohoon, and Maria Roche. "Scientific Production: An Exploration into Organization, Resource Allocation, and Funding." Working Paper, May 2020. View Details
  • Roche, Maria P., Alexander Oettl, and Christian Catalini. "(Co-) Working in Close Proximity: Knowledge Spillovers and Social Interactions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-024, May 2020. (Revised February 2022.) View Details

Cases and Teaching Materials
Cases and Teaching Materials

  • Roche, Maria P. "What is the Game? Understanding the Environment." Harvard Business School Module Note 723-405, December 2022. View Details
  • Roche, Maria P., Tiona Zuzul, Exequiel Hernandez, and Amy Klopfenstein. "The Globalization of Manchester City Football Group." Harvard Business School Case 723-391, November 2022. (Revised January 2023.) View Details
  • Roche, Maria P. "Walmart USA—Searching for Growth." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 723-390, November 2022. View Details
  • Montgomery, Cynthia A., and Maria Roche. "Assets, Capabilities, and Other Resources." Harvard Business School Background Note 722-392, March 2022. View Details
  • Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Maria P. Roche. "Walmart USA—Searching for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 722-395, January 2022. View Details
All Publications

Maria Roche is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches Strategy in the MBA required curriculum. Her research focuses on the sourcing, production and diffusion of knowledge, which she examines in various contexts including cities, co-working spaces, universities, and open source platforms. Her work, published at The Review of Economics and Statistics, Organization Science and Research Policy, has been featured in The Atlantic, and the WSJ.

Professor Roche earned her PhD in Management (Strategy and Innovation) at the Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was a recipient of a NSF Science of Science and Innovation Policy Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. She earned an MS in Business Administration and a BA in International Cultural and Business Studies at the University of Passau, Germany. A native of Canada and Germany, Professor Roche has lived and worked in five countries gathering professional experience in various industries such as venture capital and film.

Journal Articles
  • Roche, Maria P. "Academic Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial Advisors and Their Advisees' Outcomes." Organization Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online October 6, 2022.) View Details
  • Roche, Maria P., and Andy Wu. "What's the Optimal Workplace for Your Organization?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (February 9, 2022). View Details
  • Conti, Annamaria, and Maria P. Roche. "Lowering the Bar? External Conditions, Opportunity Costs, and High-Tech Startup Outcomes." Organization Science 32, no. 4 (July–August 2021): 965–986. View Details
  • Roche, Maria P., Annamaria Conti, and Frank T. Rothaermel. "Different Founders, Different Firms: A Comparative Analysis of Academic and Non-academic Startups." Special Issue on Innovative Start-Ups and Policy Initiatives. Research Policy 49, no. 10 (December 2020). View Details
  • Roche, Maria P. "Taking Innovation to the Streets: Micro-geography, Physical Structure and Innovation." Review of Economics and Statistics 102, no. 5 (December 2020): 912–928. View Details
Working Papers
  • Marinoni, Astrid, and Maria P. Roche. "You've Got Mail! The Late 19th Century U.S. Postal Service Expansion, Entrepreneurship, and Firm Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-022, October 2022. View Details
  • Brown, Daniel Jay, and Maria Roche. "The Ties That No Longer Bind: Inventor Mobility and Patent Litigation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-021, October 2022. View Details
  • Conti, Annamaria, Christian Peukert, and Maria Roche. "Beefing IT Up for Your Investor? Open Sourcing and Startup Funding: Evidence from GitHub." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-001, July 2021. (Revised October 2022.) View Details
  • Thursby, Jerry, Marie Thursby, Karim R. Lakhani, Kyle R. Myers, Nina Cohodes, Sarah Bratt, Dennis Byrski, Hannah Cohoon, and Maria Roche. "Scientific Production: An Exploration into Organization, Resource Allocation, and Funding." Working Paper, May 2020. View Details
  • Roche, Maria P., Alexander Oettl, and Christian Catalini. "(Co-) Working in Close Proximity: Knowledge Spillovers and Social Interactions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-024, May 2020. (Revised February 2022.) View Details
Cases and Teaching Materials
  • Roche, Maria P. "What is the Game? Understanding the Environment." Harvard Business School Module Note 723-405, December 2022. View Details
  • Roche, Maria P., Tiona Zuzul, Exequiel Hernandez, and Amy Klopfenstein. "The Globalization of Manchester City Football Group." Harvard Business School Case 723-391, November 2022. (Revised January 2023.) View Details
  • Roche, Maria P. "Walmart USA—Searching for Growth." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 723-390, November 2022. View Details
  • Montgomery, Cynthia A., and Maria Roche. "Assets, Capabilities, and Other Resources." Harvard Business School Background Note 722-392, March 2022. View Details
  • Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Maria P. Roche. "Walmart USA—Searching for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 722-395, January 2022. View Details
Awards & Honors
Winner of the 2021 Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies and the Journal of Management Studies.
Winner of the 2021 Best Dissertation Award from the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of the Academy of Management.
Winner of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Best Student Paper Award at the 19th Annual Roundtable for Engineering Entrepreneurship Research (REER) Conference in 2019.
Winner of the 2019 Ashford Watson Stalnaker Memorial Award from the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech.
Recipient of a NSF Science of Science and Innovation Policy Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, 2019–2021.
Additional Information
Curriculum Vitae
  • Maria Roche Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Interest
  • entrepreneurship
  • innovation
  • invention
  • knowledge management
  • strategy
  • Additional Topics
  • human resource management
  • technology strategy
  • Industries
  • biotechnology
  • education industry
  • high technology
In The News

In The News

    • 16 Nov 2022
    • Harvard Business School

    Behind the Research: Maria Roche

    • 01 Oct 2022
    • NBER Bulletin on Entrepreneurship

    Startup Chemistry and the Coworking Environment

    • 16 Sep 2022
    • Handelsblatt Global

    Der ungehobene Schatz: Warum gute Ideen in Unternehmen oft untergehen

    • 24 Aug 2022
    • WSJ What's News Podcast

    The War in Ukraine, Six Months Later

    • 21 Aug 2022
    • Wall Street Journal

    How Co-Working Spaces Lead to More Innovation for Tech Startups

→More News for Maria P. Roche

Maria P. Roche In the News

16 Nov 2022
Harvard Business School
Behind the Research: Maria Roche

01 Oct 2022
NBER Bulletin on Entrepreneurship
Startup Chemistry and the Coworking Environment

16 Sep 2022
Handelsblatt Global
Der ungehobene Schatz: Warum gute Ideen in Unternehmen oft untergehen

24 Aug 2022
WSJ What's News Podcast
The War in Ukraine, Six Months Later

21 Aug 2022
Wall Street Journal
How Co-Working Spaces Lead to More Innovation for Tech Startups

17 Aug 2022
Matt Clancy
Innovation at the Office

06 Dec 2021
HBS Alumni Bulletin
Research Brief: Launching Into a Downturn

19 Sep 2021
Scientific Sense
Prof. Maria Roche of Harvard Business School on the Impact of Inter-Personal Exchange on Innovation

02 Feb 2021
Matt Clancy
Cities as a Platform to Mix Up Knowledge

22 Sep 2020
HBS Working Knowledge
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

01 Nov 2019
Bloomberg
The Particular Creativity of Dense Urban Neighborhoods

Additional Information

Curriculum Vitae

Maria Roche Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Interest

entrepreneurship
innovation
invention
knowledge management
strategy
 More

Additional Topics

human resource management
technology strategy

Industries

biotechnology
education industry
high technology
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In The News

    • 16 Nov 2022
    • Harvard Business School

    Behind the Research: Maria Roche

    • 01 Oct 2022
    • NBER Bulletin on Entrepreneurship

    Startup Chemistry and the Coworking Environment

    • 16 Sep 2022
    • Handelsblatt Global

    Der ungehobene Schatz: Warum gute Ideen in Unternehmen oft untergehen

    • 24 Aug 2022
    • WSJ What's News Podcast

    The War in Ukraine, Six Months Later

    • 21 Aug 2022
    • Wall Street Journal

    How Co-Working Spaces Lead to More Innovation for Tech Startups

→More News for Maria P. Roche

Maria P. Roche In the News

16 Nov 2022
Harvard Business School
Behind the Research: Maria Roche

01 Oct 2022
NBER Bulletin on Entrepreneurship
Startup Chemistry and the Coworking Environment

16 Sep 2022
Handelsblatt Global
Der ungehobene Schatz: Warum gute Ideen in Unternehmen oft untergehen

24 Aug 2022
WSJ What's News Podcast
The War in Ukraine, Six Months Later

21 Aug 2022
Wall Street Journal
How Co-Working Spaces Lead to More Innovation for Tech Startups

17 Aug 2022
Matt Clancy
Innovation at the Office

06 Dec 2021
HBS Alumni Bulletin
Research Brief: Launching Into a Downturn

19 Sep 2021
Scientific Sense
Prof. Maria Roche of Harvard Business School on the Impact of Inter-Personal Exchange on Innovation

02 Feb 2021
Matt Clancy
Cities as a Platform to Mix Up Knowledge

22 Sep 2020
HBS Working Knowledge
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

01 Nov 2019
Bloomberg
The Particular Creativity of Dense Urban Neighborhoods

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