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Todd Lensman

Todd Lensman

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

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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.

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Entrepreneurial Management
+1 (617) 495-1838
 
Todd Lensman
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Entrepreneurial Management
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(617) 495-1838
Publications

Journal Articles
Journal Articles

  • 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
Working Papers

  • 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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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
  • 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
  • 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
Additional Information
  • Personal Website
  • CV
Areas of Interest
  • artificial intelligence
  • economics
  • innovation
  • macroeconomics
  • technological change
  • Additional Topics
  • economic development
  • entrepreneurship
  • managing growth
  • technological innovation
Additional Information
Personal Website
CV

Areas of Interest

artificial intelligence
economics
innovation
macroeconomics
technological change
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Additional Topics

economic development
entrepreneurship
managing growth
technological innovation
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