David Hsu
Associate Professor of Management
Wharton School | University of Pennsylvania | 2028 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall | Philadelphia, PA 19104
215.746.0125
dhsu AT wharton.upenn.edu

Biography

David Hsu is Associate Professor of Management (with tenure) at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He graduated from Stanford University with undergraduate majors in economics and political science. After a few years working in industry, he received his master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University, followed by his Ph.D. in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Hsu’s research interests are in entrepreneurial innovation and management. Within that domain, he has investigated topics such as intellectual property management, start-up innovation, technology commercialization strategy, and venture capital. His research has appeared in leading journals such as Journal of Finance, Management Science, RAND Journal of Economics, and Research Policy. He serves as an associate editor of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation department of Management Science. In 2008, Hsu was awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Fellowship. At Wharton, he teaches two MBA electives, Entrepreneurship and Technology Strategy. At Penn, Hsu is Associate Faculty Director of the Weiss Tech House, which encourages and supports students in the creation, development, and commercialization of innovative technologies.

Main Research Papers

When Does Start-up Innovation Spur the Gale of Creative Destruction? (with J. Gans and S. Stern), RAND Journal of Economics, 33: 571-586, Winter 2002.

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

Organizing Venture Capital: The Rise and Demise of American Research and Development Corporation, 1946-1973 (with M. Kenney), Industrial and Corporate Change, 14: 579-616, August 2005.

Venture Capitalists and Cooperative Start-up Commercialization Strategy, Management Science, 52: 204-219, February 2006.

Experienced Entrepreneurial Founders, Organizational Capital, and Venture Capital Funding, Research Policy, 36: 722-741, June 2007.

Entrepreneurs from Technology-based Universities: Evidence from MIT (with E. Roberts and C. Eesley), Research Policy, 36: 768-788, June 2007.

The Impact of Uncertain Intellectual Property Rights on the Market for Ideas: Evidence from Patent Grant Delays (with J. Gans and S. Stern), Management Science, 54: 982-997, May 2008. E-companion (electronic appendix) to the paper.

Modes of Cooperative R&D Commercialization by Start-ups (with V. Aggarwal), Strategic Management Journal, 30: 835-864, August 2009.

The Antecedents and Innovation Consequences of Organizational Knowledge Brokering Capability (with K. Lim), Management Department Working Paper (revised, January 2009).

Patents as Quality Signals for Entrepreneurial Ventures (with R. Ziedonis), Management Department Working Paper (May 2007).

Entrepreneur-Venture Capital Matching and Performance: Resource versus Homophily Effects (with O. Bengtsson), Management Department Working Paper (January 2009).

Bringing Entrepreneurial Ideas to Life (with C. Eesley and E. Roberts), Management Department Working Paper (November 2009).

Other Research Material

Managing the University Technology Licensing Process: Findings from Case Studies (with T. Bernstein), Journal of the Association of University Technology Managers, 9: 1-33, 1997.

Technology-Based Entrepreneurship, in S. Shane, ed., Handbook of Technology and Innovation Management, Wiley, UK (2008).

Professional Service

Associate Editor, Management Science

Course Material (Spring 2009)

Mgmt 731, Technology Strategy, syllabus.

Mgmt 801, Entrepreneurship, syllabus.

Select Media Mentions

MIT Sloan Management Review (Spring 2002).

Knowledge@Wharton (April 2004; May 2004; July 2006)

Nature (August 2006).

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (February 2008).

Links

• Management Department

• Wharton School

• University of Pennsylvania

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