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Ebehi Iyoha is an economist and Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on the intersection of industrial organization and international trade, exploring the economic significance of interfirm networks and their impact on firm performance through productivity and trade.

Ebehi Iyoha
NationalityNigerian
Alma mater
  • Vanderbilt University (Ph.D.)
  • Loyola Marymount University (B.S.)
Known forResearch in industrial organization and international trade

Education

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Born in Nigeria, Iyoha attended Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja for her secondary education, where she graduated as the top student in the class of 2009.[1]. She then pursued her undergraduate studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles where she graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Economics in 2014.[2] She continued her academic training at Vanderbilt University, earning her Ph.D. in Economics in 2021.[3] Her dissertation, titled "Essays on the Role of Networks in Firm Productivity and International Trade," was supervised by Joel Rodrigue, Kamal Saggi, Yuya Sasaki, and Ben Munyan.[4]

Career

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Ebehi Iyoha has held research positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Harvard Business School. Since 2021, she has been faculty at Harvard Business School, where she teaches in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. Iyoha's research uses structural and reduced-form methods to explore the economic significance of interfirm networks and their impact on firm performance through productivity and trade. She has been active in organizing and chairing sessions at various economic conferences, including the Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Meeting and the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) Annual Meeting.

At Harvard, Iyoha teaches in the first-year required MBA course, The Entrepreneurial Manager and has contributed to case studies and teaching materials, including the case "Wordle," co-authored with Karen Mills and Christina Wallace.[5]

Iyoha’s research explores interfirm networks' economic impact and their influence on firm productivity and international trade. Her research has been featured in Harvard Business School Working Paper Series and other academic outlets.[6]

Iyoha has also studied the impact of economic integration in West Africa, analyzing how regional trade agreements and policies can affect the post-pandemic recovery of economies in the region.[7]

Public Scholarship & Media Engagement

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Iyoha is an advocate for economic development in Nigeria and has written public-facing articles on economic issues in the country, including a column on Stears Business.[8] She has made several media appearances to discuss Nigerian economy.[9]

Iyoha has also been a guest on several podcasts, including the "Hidden Curriculum" podcast where she shared advice on how to approach co-author relationships.[10]. She discussed the motivations behind her research in an interview with Harvard Business School.[11].

Recognition

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Iyoha has received several honors and grants for her work, including the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) Young Economists' Essay Award in 2021 for her research on productivity spillovers.[12]

Other Work

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Iyoha is also known for her inspirational quote, "Sorry is hardest to say when it matters most.”[13]

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References

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