JEFFREY T. MACHER
Associate Professor

Senior Policy Fellow – Center for Business and Public Policy

Phone: 202-687-4793
Fax: 202-687-1366
Email: jtm4@georgetown.edu

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Business Administration, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
M.B.A. with High Distinction (Tuck Scholar), Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College
B.S.E. with Honors (cum laude), College of Engineering, University of Michigan

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Professor Macher examines the intersection of strategy and technology. His research interests include industry structure, regulation, competitive strategy, and the organization and economics of innovation in a variety of high technology industries, including biotechnology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors. Recent research examines how federal agencies regulate firms and how firm organization affects technological and innovative performance.

His research has been published in Advances in Strategic Management, California Management Review, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Organization Science, Management Science and Strategic Management Journal, among others. He is the co-editor of a recent book entitled, Innovation in Global Industries: U.S. Firms Competing in a New World, published by the National Academy Press.

TEACHING

Professor Macher teaches full-time, evening and executive MBA and executive education courses in microeconomics, strategy, and the management of technology and innovation.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Professor Macher is a member of the Academy of Management (AOM) and the Strategic Management Society (SMS). He is also on the editorial board of International Journal of Strategic Change Management, and is a reviewer for several academic and managerial journals. He is also a Special Government Employee (SGE) of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), working with the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH).

Prior to Georgetown University, Professor Macher worked for Braxton Associates (a strategy consulting firm now part of Deloitte Consulting), IBM and Motorola.

CURRICULUM VITAE
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