Robert Seamans
- Professor of Management and Organizations
- Professor of Economics (by courtesy)
- Director, Center for the Future of Management
Joined Stern 2009
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Kaufman Management Center
44 West Fourth Street, 7-58
New York, NY 10012
Personal WebsiteAbout Robert Seamans
Robert Seamans (PhD, UC Berkeley) is a Professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business where he teaches courses in game theory and strategy. Professor Seamans’ research focuses on how firms use technology in their strategic interactions with each other, and also focuses on the economic consequences of AI, robotics and other advanced technologies. His research has been published in leading academic journals and been cited in numerous outlets including The Atlantic, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and others. Professor Seamans is also Director of the Center for the Future of Management. In 2015, Professor Seamans was appointed as the Senior Economist for technology and innovation on President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.
- Management and Organizations
- Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship
- Center for the Future of Management
- Business strategy
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation
- Public Policy
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Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship
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Industry
- Telecommunications
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Management
- Corporate Strategy
- AI and Risk Management
- Applied Regression and Econometrics
- Corporate Strategy
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Game Theory
- Strategic Management of AI
- Strategy
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B.A., English
Reed College
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M.B.A.
Yale School of Management
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M.A., Economics
Boston University
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Ph.D., Business Administration
University of California, Berkeley
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Academy of Management, Best Paper (2018)
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Management Science, Best Paper, Runner-Up (2015)
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Academy of Management, Best Paper (2015)
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Academy of Management, BPS Distinguished Paper Award (2013)
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Strategic Management Society, Best Paper for Practice Implications (2013)
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Academy of Management, Best Paper (2013)
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Academy of Management, Kauffman Firm Survey Best Paper Award (2011)
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Kauffman Foundation Promising Paper Award (2011)
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UC Berkeley, est Dissertation in Competition Policy (2010)
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Hayase Award for Service to PhD Students (2007)
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Joost Rietveld, Robert Seamans and Katia Meggiorin (2021)
Market Orchestrators: The Effects of Certification on Platforms and Their Complementors
Strategy Science, 6(3):244-264
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K. Francis Park, Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu (2021)
Multi-homing and Platform Strategies: Historical Evidence from the U.S. Newspaper Industry
Strategic Management Journal, 42 (4), 684- 709
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Aaron Chatterji, Jiao Luo and Robert Seamans (2021)
Competition between Organizational Forms: Banks vs. Credit Unions after the Financial Crisis
Organization Science, 32(3):568-586.
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Evan Rawley and Robert Seamans (2020)
Co-location and Productivity: Evidence from Census Microdata
Strategic Management Journal, 41 (10), 1770-1798.
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Yongwook Paik, Sukhun Kang and Robert Seamans (2019)
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Political Competition: How the Public Sector Helps the Sharing Economy Create Value
Strategic Management Journal, 40(4): 503-532
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Geraldo Cerqueiro, M. Fabiana Penas and Robert Seamans (2019)
Debtor Protection and Business Dynamism
Journal of Law and Economics, 62 (3): 521-549
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Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu (2017)
Repositioning and Cost Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies
Strategy Science, 2(2): 83-99
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Geraldo Cerqueiro, Deepak Hegde, María Fabiana Penas and Robert Seamans (2017)
Debtor Rights, Credit Supply, and Innovation
Management Science, 63(10): 3311–3327.
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Jason Chan, Anindya Ghose and Robert Seamans (2016)
Internet and Hate Crime: Offline Spillovers from Online Access.
MIS Quarterly,4(2): 381-403.
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Victor Bennett, Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu (2015)
Cannibalization and Option Value Effects of Secondary Markets: Evidence from the US Concert Industry
Strategic Management Journal, 36(11): 1599-1614.
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