
Laurina Zhang
Associate Professor, Strategy and Innovation
Laurina Zhang is an Associate Professor in Strategy & Innovation at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. She is interested in the organizational and policy levers that affect innovation and inequality. Her work has examined how technology and information affect innovative, entrepreneurial, and creative outcomes through democratization of access and participation for disadvantaged subgroups.
Her research has been published in journals such as Management Science and the Strategic Management Journal. Her research has received numerous awards, including the Best Dissertation Award at Academy of Management, the Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship, Questrom’s Shahdadpuri Faculty Research Award, and financial support from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)’s Innovation Policy and the Economics of Digitization working groups. Her work has been featured in various media outlets, such as Forbes, PCMag, Billboard, Boing Boing, and The Conversation. She has received several teaching recognitions including Elective Professor of the Year for her course in Corporate Strategy and the Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Class of 1934 Award, which is awarded to 40 faculty at Georgia Tech.
Prior to joining BU, she served on the faculty at Georgia Institute of Technology’s Scheller College of Business and Western University’s Ivey Business School. Laurina holds her Ph.D. from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Prior to her PhD, Laurina worked at the Bank of Canada.
Education
PhD, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2014
BComm, University of Toronto, 2007
Selected Research Presentations
Zhang, L. Female Entrepreneurs, Digital Tools, and Work-Life Balance: Evidence from Small Businesses around the World, Academy of Management, Boston, MA, 2023
Gutierrez, C. Discussion of “Pay Transparency and Productivity”, Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (SIE) Workshop, Online, 2023
Zhang, L. Gender Inequality and the direction of ideas: Evidence from the Weinstein Scandal and #MeToo, NYU Stern School of Business, 2022
Zhang, L. Salary Transparency and Gender Wage Inequality, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, 2022
Zhang, L. Gender Inequality and the Direction of Ideas: Evidence from #MeToo, Questrom Data Blitz, 2022
Publications
Lyons, E., Zhang, L. (In Press). “Salary Transparency and Gender Pay Inequality: Evidence from Canadian Universities”, Strategic Management Journal, 44 (8), 2005-2034
Luo, H., Zhang, L. (2022). “Scandal, Social Movement, and Change: Evidence from #MeToo in Hollywood”, Management Science, 68 (2), 1278-1296
Zhang, L., Luo, H. (2021). “Measuring the Impact of #MeToo on Gender Equity in Hollywood”, Harvard Business Review
Lyons, E., Zhang, L. (2019). “Trade-offs in motivating volunteer effort: Experimental evidence on voluntary contributions to science.”, PLoS One, 14 (11), e0224946-
Vakili, K., Zhang, L. (2018). “High on creativity: The impact of social liberalization policies on innovation”, Strategic Management Journal, 39 (7), 1860-1886
Lyons, E., Zhang, L. (2018). “Who does (not) benefit from entrepreneurship programs?”, Strategic Management Journal, 39 (1), 85-112
Zhang, L. (2018). “Intellectual Property Strategy and the Long Tail: Evidence from the Recorded Music Industry”, Management Science, 64 (1), 24-42
Lyons, E., Zhang, L. (2017). “The Impact of Entrepreneurship Programs on Minorities”, American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 107 (5), 303-307
Agrawal, A., Cockburn, I., Zhang, L. (2015). “Deals not done: Sources of failure in the market for ideas”, Strategic Management Journal, 36 (7), 976-986