Jeffrey Furman

Jeffrey L. Furman is Professor of Strategy & Innovation and Associate Dean of the Questrom Undergraduate Program at Boston University and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He completed his Ph.D. at MIT-Sloan and holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and a B.A. in Psychology from its College of Arts & Sciences. 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, the impact of institutions on cumulative innovation, and science and innovation policy. Jeff’s research has been accepted for publication in the American Economic Review (AER), the Review of Economics & Statistics, Organization Science, the American Economic Journal, the Journal of Economic Behavior & 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 is an active member of the Academy of Management (AOM), is a board member of the CCC, and has served as reviewer, presenter, discussant, and session chair at AOM annual meetings and has served as a member of the BPS Division Executive Committee. Furman also co-organizes the weekly Productivity Seminar, which meets at the NBER.

Academic Positions

Boston University – Questrom School of Business

• Associate Professor of Strategy & Innovation, Fall 2010-present
• Academic Director, Undergraduate Program, 2012-2018
• Assistant Professor of Strategy & Innovation, Fall 2001-2010
• Faculty Fellow, Technology & Policy Research Initiative, 2021-present
• Senior Fellow, Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy (IHSIP), 2019-2021

National Bureau of Economic Research

• Research Associate (Productivity Program), 2010-present
• Faculty Research Fellow (Productivity Program), 2004-2010

MIT – Sloan School of Management

• Visiting Professor, Tech. Innovation, Entrepreneurship, & Strategic Management, 2015-2016

Universität Osnabrück

• Visiting Scholar, Summer 2014

MIT – Sloan School of Management

• Research & Teaching Assistant, 1996-2001

Education

• MIT - Sloan School of Management, Ph.D.
• University of Pennsylvania
  • Wharton School of Business, B.S. in Economics, magna cum laude
  • College of Arts and Sciences, B.A. in Psychology, magna cum laude
• Free University of Berlin, Fulbright-sponsored study in Business Economics

Primary Fields

• Strategy & Innovation
• Role of Location/Region in Global Business Strategy
• Strategic Management in Science-Based Industries
• Economics of Innovation & Science (Science & Innovation Policy)

Selected Publications

• Furman, J., Teodoridis, F. (In Press). "Machine learning could improve innovation policy", Nature Machine Intelligence, 2 84-84
• Teodoridis, F., Lu, J., Furman, J. (2020). "Measuring the Direction of Innovation: Frontier Tools in Unassisted Machine Learning",
• Furman, J. (2020). "Safeguarding the Bioeconomy", National Academies of Science, Engineering, & Medicine
• Furman, J., Teodoridis, F. (2020). "Automation, Research Technology, and Researchers’ Trajectories: Evidence from Computer Science and Electrical Engineering", Organization Science
• Wang, Y., Jizhen, L., Furman, J. (2017). "Firm performance and state innovation funding: Evidence from China’s Innofund program", Research Policy, 46 (6), 1142-1161
• Azoulay, P., Furman, J., Krieger, ., Murray, F. (2015). "Retractions", Review of Economics and Statistics, 97 (5), 1118-1136