Overview
Daniel P. Gross is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He researches the causes and consequences of technological change. Recurring themes in his work include crisis innovation and its impacts on the innovation system; automation and its effects on firms, workers, and labor markets; and incentives and other tools for managing creative workers within organizations. His work frequently uses historical examples of industries undergoing significant technological change as contexts to investigate recurrent or modern economic questions.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Business Administration
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2024 - Present
Fuqua School of Business
Recent Publications
The Government Patent Register: A new resource for measuring U.S. government-funded patenting
Journal Article Research Policy · January 1, 2025 We introduce new historical administrative data identifying U.S. government-funded patents since the early twentieth century. In addition to the funding agency, the data report whether the government has title to the patent (“title” patents) or funded a pa ... Full text CiteBeyond Innovation: The Composition and Dynamics of Technology-Enabled Entrepreneurship
Journal Article Columbia Business School Research Paper · November 24, 2024 CiteThe World War II crisis innovation model: What was it, and where does it apply?
Journal Article Research Policy · November 1, 2023 World War II was one of the most acute emergencies in U.S. history, and the first where mobilizing science and technology was a major part of the government response. The U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) led a far-ranging research ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
The Decline of Government R&D in U.S. Innovation: Establishing Facts and Evaluating Consequences
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2027The Effects of the World War II Research Effort on Postwar U.S. Science, Technology, and Innovation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2020 - 2024View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of California, Berkeley ·
2015
Ph.D.
Tufts University ·
2008
B.A.