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April Burrage
Provostial Fellow
BioApril Burrage, Ph.D. is a Provostial Fellow in the Management Science and Engineering department at Stanford University. Her research focuses on differences in entrepreneurial opportunities and the economics of innovation and science. She examines how institutions shape entrepreneurial possibilities and innovation for emerging tech entrepreneurs. Currently, her work explores the impact of innovation policies on tech entrepreneurship and the motivations of STEM professionals to commercialize their ideas. Supported by the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation, Dr. Burrage's research has been featured in outlets such as Research Policy, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, and Brookings Institution. Her research seeks to uncover the institutional factors that drive entrepreneurship and innovation, with the goal of informing policies and practices that promote a dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem. Dr. Burrage earned her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, her M.A. in Economics from Roosevelt University, and her B.S. in Marketing from North Carolina A&T State University.
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Thomas Byers
Entrepreneurship Professor in the School of Engineering
On Leave from 04/01/2025 To 06/30/2025Current Research and Scholarly InterestsApplied ethics, responsible innovation, and global entrepreneurship education (see http://peak.stanford.edu).
