Catherine Fazio - Boston University Questrom

Catherine Fazio is a Clinical Assistant Professor and the Associate Dean, MBA Programs, at Boston University Questrom School of Business. She centers her work at the intersection of law, business strategy and innovation policy. Catherine previously served as the Managing Director of the MIT Lab for Innovation Science and Policy at the MIT Innovation Initiative. Prior to joining academia, Catherine was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, where she formulated the strategy and directed operations for multiple, billion-dollar arbitrations, served as lead antitrust counsel on a range of multinational mergers and acquisitions, and counseled clients on risk mitigation strategies. Catherine served on the Board of Directors the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture where she chaired its Audit Committee, and on the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees for the Atrium School in Watertown, Massachusetts, where she chaired its Strategic Planning Committee. Catherine received a J.D. from Stanford University, an M.B.A. from the Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership at MIT, and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Education

JD, Stanford University, 1993

Selected Research Presentations

Fazio, C. The Startup Cartography Project: Measuring and Mapping Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, OECD workshop on “Using microdata for start-up and venture capital analyses: resources, challenges and opportunities”, OECD, Paris, France, 2023

Publications

Fazio, C. (2024). “Breaking Barriers, Fostering Growth: The Evolution of Black Women-Owned Businesses in the U.S.”, Insights@Questrom

Andrews, R., Fazio, C., Guzman, J., Liu, Y., Stern, S. (2022). “Reprint of “The Startup Cartography Project: Measuring and mapping entrepreneurial ecosystems””, Research Policy, 51 (9), 104581-104581

Fazio, C., Stern, S., Guzman, J., Liu, Y., Andrews, R. (2022). “The Startup Cartography Project: Measuring and Mapping Entrepreneurial Ecosystems”, Research Policy

Fazio, C., Guzman, J., Stern, S., Liu, Y. (2021). “How is COVID Changing the Geography of Entrepreneurship? Evidence from the Startup Cartography Project.”, Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research), No. w28787

Fazio, C., Tinger, M. (2020). “New England Biolabs – Balancing Solar Power and Stakeholder Engagement (Case B)”, Sage Business Cases

Fazio, C., Guzman, J., Stern, S. (2020). “The Impact of State-Level Research and Development Tax Credits on the Quantity and Quality of Entrepreneurship”, Economic Development Quarterly, 34 (2), 188-208

Fazio, C., Stern, S., Guzman, J., Liu, Y. (2020). “New Business Needs a Big Rescue Too”, Forbes.com

Fazio, C., Catalini, C., Murray, F. (2016). “CAN EQUITY CROWDFUNDING DEMOCRATIZE ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES?”, MIT Lab for Innovation Science and Policy

Fazio, C., Stern, S., Murray, F., Guzman, J. (2015). “A New View of the Skew: A Quantitative Assessment of the Quality of American Entrepreneurship”, The Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation

Fazio, C. (2013). Merger Remedies: The Greater Use by the DOJ and FTC of an Expanding Toolkit.”RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ANTITRUST LAW: LEADING LAWYERS ON UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF REVISED MERGER GUIDELINES, RESPONDING TO INVESTIGATIONS, AND ANTICIPATING FUTURE CHANGES IN ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT”, Thomson Reuters Westlaw 51-51

Fazio, C., Smith, T. (2003). “Convergence: A Call to Arms”,

Fazio, C., Stern, S. (2000). “Innovation Incentives, Compatibility and Expropriation as an Antitrust Remedy: the Legacy of the Borland/Ashton-Tate Consent Decree”, Antitrust Law Journal 45-71

Fazio, C., Stern, S., Guzman, J.”The Impact of State-Level R&D Tax Credits on the Quantity and Quality of Entrepreneurship”, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper