Faculty & Research
Rembrand M. Koning

Rembrand M. Koning

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Rembrand Koning is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. Professor Koning’s work explores how to discover, build, and test new products, ventures, and strategies. His work highlights how managerial and social biases distort this process, leading firms to systematically overlook promising ideas, people, and markets. Most recently, his research has focused on the forces that cause a firm's strategy to amplify race and gender biases and how to build strategies that instead reduce discrimination.

He has explored how to reduce bias in the process of strategic discovery, building, and testing through randomized controlled trials (RCTs),  large-scale data analysis, and case studies. He has studied technology ventures, healthcare innovations, and SME performance across the globe, including in India, Togo, Ghana, and the United States.

He teaches strategy and entrepreneurship to executives and MBA students. His work has appeared in the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Research Policy, the Papers & Proceedings of the American Economic Association, the Journal of Organizational Design, and the American Sociological Review. It has been covered by the Wall Street Journal, Vox, the New York Times, and Forbes. Professor Koning earned his Ph. D. at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received a Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship. He graduated from the University of Chicago with bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and statistics. 

Strategy
+1 (617) 495-6171
Send Email
 
Rembrand M. Koning
Unit
Contact Information
(617) 495-6171
Publications Research Summary
Overview
Rembrand Koning is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. His research examines matching and selection frictions in firm growth and strategy, with an aim to help entrepreneurs and executives improve their odds of selecting scalable ideas, promising markets, and high-potential talent.

Rembrand Koning is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. Professor Koning’s work explores how to discover, build, and test new products, ventures, and strategies. His work highlights how managerial and social biases distort this process, leading firms to systematically overlook promising ideas, people, and markets. Most recently, his research has focused on the forces that cause a firm's strategy to amplify race and gender biases and how to build strategies that instead reduce discrimination.

He has explored how to reduce bias in the process of strategic discovery, building, and testing through randomized controlled trials (RCTs),  large-scale data analysis, and case studies. He has studied technology ventures, healthcare innovations, and SME performance across the globe, including in India, Togo, Ghana, and the United States.

He teaches strategy and entrepreneurship to executives and MBA students. His work has appeared in the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Research Policy, the Papers & Proceedings of the American Economic Association, the Journal of Organizational Design, and the American Sociological Review. It has been covered by the Wall Street Journal, Vox, the New York Times, and Forbes. Professor Koning earned his Ph. D. at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received a Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship. He graduated from the University of Chicago with bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and statistics. 

Publications
Working Papers
Cases and Teaching Materials
Publications
Research Summary
Overview
Rembrand Koning is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. His research examines matching and selection frictions in firm growth and strategy, with an aim to help entrepreneurs and executives improve their odds of selecting scalable ideas, promising markets, and high-potential talent.
Additional Information
Areas of Interest
Additional Information

Areas of Interest

 More

Industries

Geographies

 Less