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Jorge Guzman

Gantcher Associate Professor of Business
Management Division
Jorge Guzman
Areas of Expertise
Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Leadership & Organizational Behavior, Strategy
Contact
Office: 975 Kravis
E-mail: jag2367@columbia.edu
Links
Personal Website
Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Jorge Guzman is an associate professor at the Management Division in Columbia Business School. Jorge received his PhD from the Sloan School of Management  at MIT, and was previously a postdoc at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a lecturer at MIT Sloan.  His research focuses on entrepreneurship policy, regional entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial strategy.  He was previously involved in the Boston startup ecosystem, and has been an advisor to numerous startups on varied topics, and to regional and national policy agencies on the design of entrepreneurship ecosystems.

Joined CBS
2018

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Journal Article
Tareque, Inara, Jorge Guzman, and Dan Wang. “High-Skilled Immigration Enhances Regional Entrepreneurship.”
PNAS
(September 05, 2024).
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Journal Article
Cowgill, Bo, Jorge Guzman, and Dany Bahar. “Refugee Entrepreneurship: The Case of Venezuelans in Colombia.”
American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings
no.
113
(May 01, 2023): 352-356.
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Journal Article
Conti, Annamaria and Jorge Guzman. “What is the U.S. Comparative Advantage in Entrepreneurship? Evidence from Israeli Migrations to the United States.” (March 18, 2021).
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Journal Article
Fazio, Cathy, Jorge Guzman, and Scott Stern. “The Impact of State-Level R&D Tax Credits on the Quantity and Quality of Entrepreneurship.”
Economic Development Quarterly
vol. 34, (January 01, 2020): 188-208.
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Journal Article
Guzman, Jorge, Jean Oh, and A. Sen. “What Motivates Innovative Entrepreneurs? Evidence from a Field Experiment.”
Management Science
vol. 66, (January 01, 2020): 4808-4819.
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Journal Article
Guzman, Jorge and Aleksandra Olenka Kacperczyk. “Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship.”
Research Policy
vol. 48, (January 01, 2019): 1666-1680.
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Journal Article
Guzman, Jorge and Aishen Li. “Measuring Founding Strategy.”
Management Science
(January 01, 2019): 1-27.
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Journal Article
Guzman, Jorge and Scott Stern. “Where Is Silicon Valley?”
Science
vol. 347, (January 01, 2015): 606-609.
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Working Paper
Guzman, Jorge and Scott Stern. The State of American Entrepreneurship: New Estimates of the Quantity and Quality of Entrepreneurship for 32 US States, 1988-2014. Forthcoming.
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Working Paper
Cowgill, Bo, Jorge Guzman, and Dany Bahar. The Economic Effects of Immigration Pardons: Evidence from Venezuelan Entrepreneurs. November 01, 2022.
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Working Paper
Guzman, Jorge, Jean Oh, and Ananya Sen. How Do (Green) Innovators Respond to Climate Change Scenarios? Evidence from a Field Experiment. July 26, 2021.
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Working Paper
Chiles, Bennett, Jorge Guzman, and S. Yu. Strategic Disclosure and Startup Funding. January 01, 2019.
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Working Paper
Catalini, Christian, Jorge Guzman, and Scott Stern. Hidden in Plain Sight: Venture Growth Capital With and Without Venture Capital. January 01, 2019.
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Working Paper
Guzman, Jorge. Go West Young Firm: The Value of Entrepreneurial Migration for Startups and Their Founders. January 01, 2018.
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Newspaper/Magazine Article
Andrews, RJ, Catherine Fazio, Jorge Guzman, Yupeng Liu, and Scott Stern. “The Startup Cartography Project: Measuring and Mapping Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.” Research Policy. Forthcoming.
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Chapter
Guzman, Jorge and Scott Stern. “Nowcasting and Placecasting Entrepreneurial Quality and Performance.” In Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges, edited by John Haltiwanger, Erik Hurst, Javier Miranda, and Antoinette Schoar, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017.
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Course
B8586: Entrepreneurial Strategy
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Course
B7586: Entrepreneurial Strategy
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Course
B6502: Strategy Formulation
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In the Media

This Week in Retail: NRF State of Retail Webinar and JPMorgan Retail Roundup

Retail Brew
In the Media

Where Have All the ‘Third Places’ Gone?

The New York Times
In the Media

Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor … and Your High-Skilled!

Columbia Business School
In the Media

How Magic Johnson's Starbucks Created New Neighborhood Businesses

NPR
In the Media

Pandemic Start-Ups Are Thriving, and Helping to Fuel the Economy

The New York Times
In the Media

When Starbucks Moves in, Neighborhoods Change like This for 7 Years, According to a Massive New Study

Inc.
In the Media

How Starbucks Caffeinates Local Economies

The Economist
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Women Using Business School to Unleash Their Entrepreneurial Superpower

Forbes
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Small, Local Businesses Have a Competitive Advantage over the Amazons and Ubers of the World, According to a New Report

Entrepreneur
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Target's Latest Rollout Puts Cost-Conscious Consumers First

Inc.
In the Media

Tory Burch Foundation Unveils Finance Tool for Women Founders

Axios
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Adapt or Else: Downtown Businesses Cope with New Reality

The Associated Press
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Former 'Shark Tank' Contestant Reaches a Breaking Point as Federal Aid Runs Out

CNBC
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New Business Needs a Big Rescue, Too.

Forbes
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State Of Women And Entrepreneurship 2020: Here's What You Need To Know

Forbes
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Female Entrepreneurs Are Finally Getting More VC Bucks

Crain's New York Business
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Why Are Female Entrepreneurs Still Missing Out on Funding?

Yahoo! Finance
Article

Randy Garutti on Leading Shake Shack: Scale Smart, Stay Authentic

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How High-Skilled Immigrants Drive US Job Growth and Innovation

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Article

Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor … and Your High-Skilled!

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How Location is Fueling Innovation

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Article

How Starbucks Cafes Can Fuel Startup Growth: The Power of Third Places

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Article

The Power of Place: How Location Fuels Innovation and Entrepreneurial Success

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Article

Harnessing the Entrepreneurial Spirit

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Article

Amnesty’s Impact on Entrepreneurship: Immigration Pardons Can Spur Economic Development

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Partisan Entrepreneurship: Optimism, Political Identity and the Party In Power

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New Research: Entrepreneurship, New Business Creation are Critical to COVID-19 Economic Recovery

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Case ID
260402

Neurovista: Blurring the Line between Humans and Machines

What strategy should Dr. Sun, founder and CEO of Neurovista, consider when planning growth for his company in a field with growing demand for devices that capture brain activity, but with limited commercial and regulatory traction in the United States?

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Case ID
220410

Technology on Display: Can NFTs Redefine Art?

Are non-fungible tokens a passing fad or a market-redefining technology that will permanently change the way art is owned and traded?

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Case ID
210413

Laws of Motion During a Global Pandemic: Pivoting from Perfect Fit to PPE

How did innovative women's apparel startup pivot to manufacture PPE at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Case ID
200407

Kylie Cosmetics

Can Kylie Cosmetics move beyond its famous founder to achieve long-term success?

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Case ID
190412

Where To? BlazingDB Contemplates Relocation

Where should technology startup BlazingDB be headquartered to have the best access to knowledge, talent, and capital?

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