Dr. Ebehi Iyoha

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Ebehi Iyoha is an Assistant Professor in Business Administration at Harvard Business School, specializing in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. He teaches the required MBA course 'The Entrepreneurial Manager' and the elective 'Launching Global Ventures.' As a Faculty Affiliate at Harvard's Center for International Development, Professor Iyoha's research intersects industrial organization and international trade, focusing on the impact of inter-firm networks on productivity, innovation, and trade in advanced and emerging economies. His work employs both structural and reduced-form empirical methods to address critical questions regarding firm strategy, economic policy, trade policy, and the influence of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence on firm performance and industry dynamics. His research on tariffs and trade has been featured in prominent media outlets, including Bloomberg and the Financial Times. Before joining Harvard, he was a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and a columnist for Stears Business in Nigeria. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Vanderbilt University and a B.S. in Economics from Loyola Marymount University, graduating summa cum laude.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

— Present

Harvard Business School • Cambridge, MA

Teaches MBA courses and conducts research in international trade and industrial organization.

Research Economist

— Present

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston • Boston, MA

Conducted research on economic policies and their effects on trade.

Awards

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UNCTAD-AIB Award for Research on Investment Development

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Young Economists’ Essay Award

Courses

MBA: The Entrepreneurial Manager Launching Global Ventures

Requirements for Harvard University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a technical or quantitative field
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Specialization Notes

Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).