Richard N. Langlois
Professor of Economics
University of Connecticut
Richard N. Langlois is a professor of economics at the University of Connecticut and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics.
His research focuses on the economics of organization, institutional economics, business history, and the economic history of technology. He has written extensively on industries such as computers, semiconductors, and software, and is known for his “Vanishing Hand” account of late-twentieth-century corporate organization.
At the University of Connecticut, Langlois has served as department head and previously as associate professor and assistant professor. Before joining UConn, he held research and teaching appointments at New York University, including affiliations with the Center for Science and Technology Policy and the C. V. Starr Center for Applied Economics.
He has authored or edited numerous books, including “The Corporation and the Twentieth Century,” “The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism: Schumpeter, Chandler, and the New Economy,” and (with Paul L. Robertson) “Firms, Markets, and Economic Change: A Dynamic Theory of Business Institutions.”
His honors include the Schumpeter Prize of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society, the Alice Hanson Jones Prize of the Economic History Association, and the Newcomen Award in business history. He has also received multiple research and teaching awards at the University of Connecticut.
He earned a Ph.D. in engineering-economic systems and a master’s in engineering-economic systems from Stanford University, a master’s in astronomy from Yale University, and a bachelor’s from Williams College.
