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Ebehi Iyoha

Ebehi Iyoha

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

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Ebehi Iyoha is an Assistant Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research interests lie at the intersection of industrial organization and international trade. Using a combination of structural and reduced-form methods, her work examines the economic significance of interfirm networks and how they impact firm performance through productivity and trade. Professor Iyoha earned her PhD in Economics from Vanderbilt University in 2021 and worked as a Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston prior to joining HBS.

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Entrepreneurial Management
+1 (617) 495-3474
 
Ebehi Iyoha
Unit
Entrepreneurial Management
Contact Information
(617) 495-3474
Publications Teaching Awards & Honors

Journal Articles
Journal Articles

  • Wen, Jaya Y., Ebehi Iyoha, Edmund Malesky, and Sung-Ju Wu. "Research: The Costs of Circumventing Tariffs." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (February 13, 2025). View Details

Working Papers
Working Papers

  • Atkin, David, Zoë Cullen, and Ebehi Iyoha. "Navigating Choppy Waters: How U.S. Trade Policy Uncertainty Affects Small Businesses." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-048, April 2025. View Details
  • Iyoha, Ebehi, Edmund Malesky, Jaya Wen, and Sung-Ju Wu. "Exports in Disguise? Trade Rerouting During the U.S.-China Trade War." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-072, May 2024. (Revised March 2025.) View Details
  • Iyoha, Ebehi. "Estimating Productivity in the Presence of Spillovers: Firm-Level Evidence from the U.S. Production Network." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-033, December 2023. (Winner of the Young Economists' Essay Award at the 2021 Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE)) View Details

Cases and Teaching Materials
Cases and Teaching Materials

  • Iyoha, Ebehi, and Christina Wallace. "Wordle." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 824-004, July 2023. (Revised October 2023.) View Details
  • Mills, Karen G., Christina Wallace, Ebehi Iyoha, Gabriella Elanbeck, and Morgane Herculano. "Wordle." Harvard Business School Case 323-032, September 2022. (Revised November 2023.) View Details
All Publications

Ebehi Iyoha is an Assistant Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research interests lie at the intersection of industrial organization and international trade. Using a combination of structural and reduced-form methods, her work examines the economic significance of interfirm networks and how they impact firm performance through productivity and trade. Professor Iyoha earned her PhD in Economics from Vanderbilt University in 2021 and worked as a Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston prior to joining HBS.

Journal Articles
  • Wen, Jaya Y., Ebehi Iyoha, Edmund Malesky, and Sung-Ju Wu. "Research: The Costs of Circumventing Tariffs." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (February 13, 2025). View Details
Working Papers
  • Atkin, David, Zoë Cullen, and Ebehi Iyoha. "Navigating Choppy Waters: How U.S. Trade Policy Uncertainty Affects Small Businesses." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-048, April 2025. View Details
  • Iyoha, Ebehi, Edmund Malesky, Jaya Wen, and Sung-Ju Wu. "Exports in Disguise? Trade Rerouting During the U.S.-China Trade War." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-072, May 2024. (Revised March 2025.) View Details
  • Iyoha, Ebehi. "Estimating Productivity in the Presence of Spillovers: Firm-Level Evidence from the U.S. Production Network." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-033, December 2023. (Winner of the Young Economists' Essay Award at the 2021 Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE)) View Details
Cases and Teaching Materials
  • Iyoha, Ebehi, and Christina Wallace. "Wordle." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 824-004, July 2023. (Revised October 2023.) View Details
  • Mills, Karen G., Christina Wallace, Ebehi Iyoha, Gabriella Elanbeck, and Morgane Herculano. "Wordle." Harvard Business School Case 323-032, September 2022. (Revised November 2023.) View Details
Teaching
Overview
Professor Iyoha teaches the required first-year MBA course The Entrepreneurial Manager.
Awards & Honors
Winner of the 2021 Young Economists' Essay Award from the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) for “Estimating Productivity in the Presence of Spillovers: Firm-level Evidence from the U.S. Production Network.”
Additional Information
  • CV
Areas of Interest
  • economics
  • industry structure
  • international trade
  • networks
In The News

In The News

    • 08 Apr 2025
    • Harvard Center for International Development

    CID Faculty Spotlight: Ebehi Iyoha on Trade Wars, Network Effects, and Why Microdata Matters

    • 16 Apr 2025
    • Harvard Crimson

    Trump Tariffs Mean Chaos for Consumers, HBS Professors Say

    • 05 Apr 2025
    • Fortune

    What Is Trump Really Trying to Achieve with His Tariff Plan, and Will It Work?

    • 04 Apr 2025
    • HBS Working Knowledge

    Charting Tariff Pain: Small Businesses Brace for Jobs Cuts, Falling Sales

    • 06 Mar 2025
    • Bloomberg

    Germany’s Shock Turns to Anger — and Animal Spirits

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Ebehi Iyoha In the News

In the News

08 Apr 2025
Harvard Center for International Development
CID Faculty Spotlight: Ebehi Iyoha on Trade Wars, Network Effects, and Why Microdata Matters

16 Apr 2025
Harvard Crimson
Trump Tariffs Mean Chaos for Consumers, HBS Professors Say

05 Apr 2025
Fortune
What Is Trump Really Trying to Achieve with His Tariff Plan, and Will It Work?

04 Apr 2025
HBS Working Knowledge
Charting Tariff Pain: Small Businesses Brace for Jobs Cuts, Falling Sales

06 Mar 2025
Bloomberg
Germany’s Shock Turns to Anger — and Animal Spirits

28 Feb 2025
Bloomberg
America’s Trade War With China Should Be a Team Sport

23 Feb 2025
Financial Times
Vietnam Can Escape the Middle-Income Trap

22 Jan 2025
VoxChina
Exports in Disguise: Trade Rerouting During the US-China Trade War?

21 Jan 2025
Nikkei Asia
Trump Should View Vietnam as a Trade Partner, Not a Target

19 Dec 2024
HBS Working Knowledge
Seven Trends to Watch in 2025

17 Dec 2024
New York Times
Trump’s Tariffs Helped Northern Vietnam Boom Like Never Before. What Now?

26 Nov 2024
Fulcrum
Vietnam, China and Rerouting: When Perceptions Matter as Much as Reality

23 Jul 2024
HBS Working Knowledge
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

15 Dec 2023
Harvard Business School
Behind the Research: Ebehi Iyoha

05 Oct 2022
Harvard Business School
New Faculty Profiles: Ebehi Iyoha


CSEA Africa
Exports in Disguise: The US-China Trade War & Re-Routing Explained

Additional Information
CV

Areas of Interest

economics
industry structure
international trade
networks

In The News

    • 08 Apr 2025
    • Harvard Center for International Development

    CID Faculty Spotlight: Ebehi Iyoha on Trade Wars, Network Effects, and Why Microdata Matters

    • 16 Apr 2025
    • Harvard Crimson

    Trump Tariffs Mean Chaos for Consumers, HBS Professors Say

    • 05 Apr 2025
    • Fortune

    What Is Trump Really Trying to Achieve with His Tariff Plan, and Will It Work?

    • 04 Apr 2025
    • HBS Working Knowledge

    Charting Tariff Pain: Small Businesses Brace for Jobs Cuts, Falling Sales

    • 06 Mar 2025
    • Bloomberg

    Germany’s Shock Turns to Anger — and Animal Spirits

→More News for Ebehi Iyoha

Ebehi Iyoha In the News

In the News

08 Apr 2025
Harvard Center for International Development
CID Faculty Spotlight: Ebehi Iyoha on Trade Wars, Network Effects, and Why Microdata Matters

16 Apr 2025
Harvard Crimson
Trump Tariffs Mean Chaos for Consumers, HBS Professors Say

05 Apr 2025
Fortune
What Is Trump Really Trying to Achieve with His Tariff Plan, and Will It Work?

04 Apr 2025
HBS Working Knowledge
Charting Tariff Pain: Small Businesses Brace for Jobs Cuts, Falling Sales

06 Mar 2025
Bloomberg
Germany’s Shock Turns to Anger — and Animal Spirits

28 Feb 2025
Bloomberg
America’s Trade War With China Should Be a Team Sport

23 Feb 2025
Financial Times
Vietnam Can Escape the Middle-Income Trap

22 Jan 2025
VoxChina
Exports in Disguise: Trade Rerouting During the US-China Trade War?

21 Jan 2025
Nikkei Asia
Trump Should View Vietnam as a Trade Partner, Not a Target

19 Dec 2024
HBS Working Knowledge
Seven Trends to Watch in 2025

17 Dec 2024
New York Times
Trump’s Tariffs Helped Northern Vietnam Boom Like Never Before. What Now?

26 Nov 2024
Fulcrum
Vietnam, China and Rerouting: When Perceptions Matter as Much as Reality

23 Jul 2024
HBS Working Knowledge
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

15 Dec 2023
Harvard Business School
Behind the Research: Ebehi Iyoha

05 Oct 2022
Harvard Business School
New Faculty Profiles: Ebehi Iyoha


CSEA Africa
Exports in Disguise: The US-China Trade War & Re-Routing Explained

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