David Hsu Faculty Profile

David Hsu
Associate Professor of Management

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001; MPP, Harvard University, 1996; AB, Stanford University, 1992

Research Areas
Start-up innovation; strategies for commercializing technological innovation; venture capital; intellectual property rights

Current Projects
Intellectual property and patenting strategies by start-ups; competition between industry incumbents and start-ups in high-tech industries; entrepreneurship and innovation

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2002-present.

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Edward B. and Shirley R. Shils Term Assistant Professorship, Wharton, 2002-08; David and Lindsay Morgenthaler Fellow, MIT

Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Associate Editor, Management Science, 2006-present

Representative Publications
(with J. Gans and S. Stern)
"When Does Start-up Innovation Spur the Gale of Creative Destruction?" RAND Journal of Economics 33 (Winter 2002).

"What Do Entrepreneurs Pay for Venture Capital Affiliation?" Journal of Finance 59: 1805-1844 (August 2004).

“Venture Capitalists and Cooperative Start-up Commercialization Strategy” Management Science 52: 204-219 (February 2006).