Josh Lerner
Professor at Harvard Business School specializing in venture capital, entrepreneurship, and the diffusion of technology, author of research on regional innovation and the rise of China as a tech hub.
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Mar 18, 2026 • 40min
S7 Ep13: Ideas in Development: Josh Lerner on the diffusion of technology
Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School professor who studies venture capital and tech diffusion, discusses why innovation clusters around suppliers, universities and investors. He explores measuring diffusion via job data and what past patterns imply for AI. He also examines China’s rapid rise as a tech hub and how localized AI applications and policy levers can speed spread.
