Jeff Furman

Associate Professor, Strategy & Innovation, Questrom School of Business

Jeffrey L. Furman (Ph.D. 2001, MIT-Sloan) is Associate Professor of Strategy & Innovation at Boston University and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Furman’s research addresses issues at the intersection of Strategy, International Business, and Innovation. His recent projects examine the strategic management of science-based firms and the impact of institutions on cumulative innovation. Jeff’s research has been published in the American Economic Review (AER), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (JEBO), Research Policy, Industrial & Corporate Change (ICC), and Nature, among others. He has also served on the editorial review boards of the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), Strategic Organization! (SO!), Journal of Management, and Industry & Innovation. Jeff has been an active member of the Academy throughout the 2000s and has served as reviewer, presenter, discussant, and session chair at AOM annual meetings and has organized multiple Professional Development Workshops and served as a member and co-chair of the BPS Division Research & Teaching Committee. In addition to his contributions to the AOM, Furman co-organizes the NBER’s Summer Institute program on Innovation Policy & the Economy.