Todd Lensman
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Entrepreneurial Management
Todd Lensman is an Assistant Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. His research focuses on macroeconomics and innovation, combining theory and empirical methods to explore how new technologies drive economic growth and how firms shape the innovation and adoption of new technologies.
Todd earned a PhD in Economics from MIT and a BA with Distinction in economics and mathematics from Cornell University. He teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager course in the MBA required curriculum.
- Journal Articles
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- Acemoglu, Daron, and Todd A. Lensman. "Regulating Transformative Technologies." American Economic Review: Insights 6, no. 3 (September 2024): 359–376. View Details
- Lensman, Todd, and Maxim Troshkin. "Implications of Uncertainty for Optimal Policies." Art. 105206. Journal of Economic Theory 199 (January 2022). View Details
- Working Papers
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- Lensman, Todd A. "Technology Choice, Spillovers, and the Concentration of R&D." Working Paper, January 2025. View Details
- Dix, Rebekah, and Todd A. Lensman. "Input-Price Responses to Horizontal Mergers and the Bargaining-Leverage Defense." Working Paper, September 2022. View Details
- Dix, Rebekah, and Todd A. Lensman. "Combining Complements: Theory and Evidence from Cancer Treatment Innovation." Working Paper, January 2025. View Details
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