Smith School of Business and the Department of Economics, a Research Associate at the NBER Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Program, and Professor (cross-appointment) at the Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University. Serguey’s research interests are in the fields of industry evolution, entrepreneurship, innovation, growth and development, and also in economics of incentives, institutions, and property rights. He has written extensively about the Meiji-Era Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry, and has published in leading economics and management journals, such as American Economic Review, Journal of Financial Economics, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Economic History, and Review of Economic Dynamics.