I advise PhD students in Stanford MS&E whose work intersects entrepreneurship, institutional design, industrial policy, AI's effects on innovation, or the global political economy of technology. The list below covers students and postdocs I've worked with directly. For prospective students considering applying, see the MS&E PhD page.
- Wajeeha Ahmed · co-advised with Erik BrynjolfssonSeptember 2020 – present · Finishing Summer 2026 · joining Columbia Business School (Management Division)
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Content Consumption and Production
- Yikai CaoSeptember 2024 – present · Anticipated 2029
Semiconductors, Export Controls and Technology Entrepreneurship (preliminary)
- Xilan ZhangSeptember 2024 – present · Anticipated 2029
Randomized Field Experiments and Entrepreneurship (preliminary)
- Postdoctoral researcher (King Center sponsored) · Starting Fall 2026
PhD candidate at Cornell Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management; previously Research Analyst at IFPRI and the World Bank. Research focuses on development economics, labor economics, and economics of education.
- Postdoctoral researcher · February 2020 – July 2025
Co-author on Learning-by-Advising (working paper); led field operations for the Thailand AIS/KBank accelerator RCT.
- Zahra Hejrati · co-advised with Kathleen EisenhardtSeptember 2018 – August 2025 · Graduated 2025
The Impact of Digital Technologies on Entrepreneurial Venture Formation
Now: Research Fellow, The AMENA Center for Entrepreneurship and Development in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa (2025 – present)
- September 2015 – June 2023 · Graduated 2023
The Development of Entrepreneurial Skills and Motivation: The Role of Institutions
Now: Assistant Professor of Management, University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business
- Ayinwi Muma · co-advised with Sarah SouleSeptember 2017 – 2023 (co-advised from November 2021) · ABD (did not complete dissertation)
Additive Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship
Now: Partner at (c)AYA (since 2025); previously Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Duke University (Aug 2023 – Jul 2025)
- September 2017 – September 2022 · Graduated 2022
Managing External and Internal Change: Lessons from Entrepreneurship
Now: Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business
- September 2014 – June 2021 · Graduated 2021
Entrepreneurial Finance: From Accelerators to IPOs
Now: Product Lead at Project Eleven (previously Senior Associate, Floodgate)
- September 2015 – June 2021 · Graduated 2021
Entrepreneurial Strategies in Institutional Changes: Tackling the Conflicts Between New and Old Rules
Now: Assistant Professor, Department of Management, CUHK Business School
- September 2012 – June 2018 · Graduated 2018
Online Sellers' Offline Environment: Implications for Platform Strategy
Now: Assistant Professor of Management & Organization, Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School (previously INSEAD)
- September 2010 – September 2017 · Graduated 2017
Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: Institutions and Relationships
Now: Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore Business School (previously INSEAD)
- Daniel Armanios · co-advised with Kathleen EisenhardtSeptember 2009 – June 2015 · Graduated 2015
What is the Role of the State in Entrepreneurship and Venture Performance?
Now: BT Professor of Management and Chair of Major Programme Management, University of Oxford Saïd Business School; Professorial Fellow, St Anne's College, Oxford
- September 2010 – May 2015 · Graduated 2015
Discovering Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Now: Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Academic Director, EPIC Lab
- Robert Eberhart · co-advised with Kathleen EisenhardtSeptember 2010 – June 2013 · Graduated 2013
Institutional Change and Entrepreneurship
Now: Associate Professor of Management and Faculty Director, Ahlers Center of International Business, University of San Diego