Core Research Team

Ashish Arora

Rex D. Adams Professor

Ashish Arora is the Rex D. Adams Professor of Business Administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a research associate in the NBER’s Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Program. Prior to arriving at Duke, he was on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. He serves as editor of the entrepreneurship and innovation department at Management Science, and prior to that served as an editor of research policy, 2008–14. His research focuses on the economics of technical change and innovation. Arora received his BA in economics from Delhi University and his PhD from Stanford University, also in economics.

Sharon Belenzon

Fundación Damm Distinguished Professor of Business Administration

Sharon Belenzon is a professor in the strategy area of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and an NBER research associate affiliated with the Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Program. His research investigates the role of business in advancing science. Through various lenses and perspectives, this research aims to deepen understanding of why American corporations participate in scientific research and why they have been cutting back on this activity over the past four decades. The work develops large-scale empirical measures of research and development and the application of science to technology. Belenzon earned MA and BA degrees in economics from Tel Aviv University, Israel. He received his PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science and completed postdoctorate work Nuffield College, University of Oxford. He was the 2007 recipient of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at the NBER.