Lecturer| Distinguished Teaching Fellow
Economic Analysis & Policy | Finance
About
Gregory La Blanc is a Distinguished Teaching Fellow at Berkeley Haas and an academic fellow at Berkeley’s School of Engineering. He has also taught at Berkeley’s Law School and Economics Department. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, including the Haas Cheit Award, he teaches classes in finance, strategy, law, innovation, data science, digital transformation, and venture finance. He is a graduate of the Wharton School, and studied law at Duke University, George Mason University, and UC Berkeley School of Law. He has consulted in the areas of innovation, decision making, risk
management, and strategy around the world. He has advised numerous startups, particularly in fintech, AI, and people operations. His research lies at the intersection of law, innovation and the use of data in rapidly changing industries.
Expertise and Research Interests
- Innovation, entrepreneurship, and venture finance
- Digital transformation and technology management
- Data and AI strategy
- Financial innovation and technology
- Business model innovation
- Innovation ecosystem development
- Decision making and risk management
- Human resource strategy
- Jeffrey Rachlinski. In Praise of Irrational Investors. In The Law and Economics of Irrational Behavior, edited by Vernon Smith.
2005
At Haas since 2005
2005 – present, Lecturer, Haas School of Business and Berkeley Law
1999 – 2005, Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Virginia
1995 – 1999, Lecturer, Department of Economics, Duke University
1994, Lecturer, Departments of Finance and Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Faculty Director at Berkeley Fintech Institute
UC Berkeley Presidential Teaching Fellow
2009
Earl F. Cheit Award for Outstanding Teaching
2009
Haas EWMBA Core Graduate Instructor of the year
2004 – 2005
John Olin Fellow
Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley
2004 – 2005
Robert Levy Fellow in Law and Economics
George Mason University School of Law
1996 – 1999
Mellon Fellow
University of Pennsylvania
University Scholar
University of Pennsylvania
- Data Analytics Gains Prominence in MBA Programs, Find MBA, 04/11/2022
- How recent technology developments and transformations in AI in the education industry have been affecting UC Berkeley, CIO Applications, 07/14/2021
- Education: at university, can technology replace the teacher?, Challenges, 07/08/2020
- Facebook has a lot of questions to answer about Libra, its new cryptocurrency, Business Insider, 06/19/2019
- Data science in MBA programs: Rosy job prospects, Find MBA, 08/06/2018
- For financial peace of mind, look no further than your iPhone, OZY, 07/26/2018
- 7 Ways MBA Programs Work to Make Investment Pay Off, US News, 03/28/2018
- Millennials Ride the Bitcoin Rollercoaster: ‘I Just Did It Kind of Blindly’, SF Gate, 02/15/2018
- The 5 Best US Business Schools For Blockchain Courses, Business Because, 02/14/2018
- Cryptocurrencies Come to Campus, The New York Times, 02/08/2018
- Data science and data strategy, MBA 236
- Data and decisions, MBA 200s
- Analytics of workplace, workforce, and wellness, MBA 296
- Strategic leadership, MBA 299
- Microeconomics for decision making, MBA 201
- Financial Institutions and Markets, MBA 232
- Behavioral Finance, MBA 237
- Introduction to Finance, UGBA 103
- Corporate Financial Management, EWMBA 231
- Competitive Strategy, EWMBA 299E
- Financial Strategy, UGBA 137
- Corporations I, LAW 250A