JEFFREY T. MACHER

Robert E. McDonough School of Business

Georgetown University

Washington, DC 20057

Tel: 202-687-4793

Fax: 202-687-1366

Email: jtm4@georgetown.edu

I. CURRENT POSITION

Associate Professor

Robert E. McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

II. EDUCATION

1987 B.S.E. – Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Michigan

1993 M.B.A. – Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

2001 Ph.D. – Business and Public Policy, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

III. ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

08/00-08/07 Assistant Professor

Robert E. McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

08/07-present Associate Professor

Robert E. McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

IV. INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT

07/87-08/91 Senior Software Engineer Dearborn, MI

Motorola Incorporated - Automotive and Industrial Electronics Group

05/92-08/92 Financial Associate Boca Raton, FL

International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation

09/93-08/95 Manager Boston, MA

Braxton Associates (Strategy consulting division of Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group LLP)

V. EXTERNAL AFFILIATIONS

09/05-present Special Government Employee White Oak, MD

Center for Drug Evaluation Research (CDER) and Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

08/08-present Visiting Professor Barcelona, Spain

ESADE Business School

06/10-present Research Scientist Boston, MA

Center for Biomedical Innovation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

VI. PUBLICATIONS

Books

1. Innovation in Global Industries: U.S. Firms Competing in a New World (2008) (co-editor with D.C. Mowery). National Academy Press: Washington, DC.

Refereed Journal Articles

1. Macher, J.T., D.C. Mowery and D.A. Hodges (1998) “Reversal of fortune? The Recovery of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry.” California Management Review 41(1): 107-136.

2. Macher, J.T., D.C. Mowery and T.S. Simcoe (2002) “eBusiness and the Semiconductor Industry Value Chain: Implications for Vertical Specialization and Integrated Semiconductor Manufacturers.” Industry and Innovation 9(3): 155-181.

3. Macher, J.T. and D.C. Mowery (2003) “‘Managing’ Learning by Doing: An Empirical Study in Semiconductor Manufacturing.” Journal of Product Innovation Management 20(5): 391-410.

4. Henisz, W.J. and J.T. Macher (2004) “Firm- and Country-Level Tradeoffs and Contingencies in the Evaluation of Foreign Investment: The Semiconductor Industry, 1994-2002.” Organization Science 15(5): 537-554.

5. Macher, J.T. and B.D. Richman (2004) “Organizational Responses to Discontinuous Innovation: A Case Study Approach.” International Journal of Innovation Management 8(1): 87-114.

6. Macher, J.T. (2006) “Technological Development and the Boundaries of the Firm: A Knowledge-Based Examination in Semiconductor Manufacturing.” Management Science 52(6): 826-843.

7. Macher, J.T. and C.S. Boerner (2006) “Experience and Scale and Scope Economies: Tradeoffs and Performance in Development.” Strategic Management Journal 27(9): 845-865.

8. Macher, J.T., D.C. Mowery and A. Di Minin (2007) “The ‘Non-Globalization’ of Innovation in the Semiconductor Industry.” California Management Review 50(1): 217-242.

9. Burton, M., J.T. Macher and J.W. Mayo (2007) “Understanding Participation in Social Programs: Why Don’t Households Pick up the Lifeline?” B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 7(1) (Topics): Article 1.

10. Macher, J.T. and B.D. Richman (2008) “Transaction Cost Economics: An Assessment of Empirical Research in the Social Sciences.” Business and Politics 10(1): Article 1.

11. Macher, J.T. and D.C. Mowery (2009) “Measuring Dynamic Capabilities: Practices and Performance in Semiconductor Manufacturing.” British Journal of Management 20: 41-62.

12. Macher, J.T. and J.M. Mayo (2010) “‘Making a Market out of a Mole Hill? Geographic Market Definition in Aspen Skiing.” (forthcoming, Journal of Competition Law and Economics).

13. Weber, L., Mayer, K.J. and J.T. Macher (2010) “An Analysis of Extendibility and Early Termination Provisions: The Importance of Framing Duration Safeguards.” (forthcoming, Academy of Management Journal).

14. Macher, J.T., J.M. Mayo and J.A. Nickerson (2011) “Regulator Heterogeneity and Endogenous Efforts to Close the Information Asymmetry Gap: Evidence From FDA Regulation.” (forthcoming, Journal of Law and Economics).

Edited Book Chapters

1. Macher, J.T., D.C. Mowery and D.A. Hodges (1999) “Semiconductors.” In D.C. Mowery (ed.), U.S. Industry in 2000: Studies in Competitive Performance. National Academy Press: Washington, DC: 245-286.

2. Boerner, C.S., J.T. Macher, and D.J. Teece (2001) “Organizational Learning in Economics.” In M. Dierkes, A. Berthoin-Antal, J. Child and I. Nonaka (eds.), Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge. Oxford University Press: New York, NY: 89-117.

3. Macher, J.T. and D.C. Mowery (2004) “Vertical Specialization and Industry Structure in High Technology Industries.” In J.A.C. Baum and A.M. McGahan (eds.), Business Strategy over the Industry Lifecycle – Advances in Strategic Management. 21: 317-356.

4. Macher, J.T., D.C. Mowery and A. Di Minin (2008) “Semiconductors.” In J.T. Macher and D.C. Mowery (eds.), Innovation in Global Industries: U.S. Firms Competing in a New World. National Academy Press: Washington, DC: 101-140.

5. Leiblein, M.J. and J.T. Macher (2009). “The Problem Solving Perspective: A Strategic Approach to Understanding Environment and Organization.” in B.S. Silverman and J.A. Nickerson (eds.), The Economic Institutions of Strategy – Advances in Strategic Management, Volume 26: 97-120.

Other Publications

1. Macher, J.T. (2000) Review of Capital For Our Time: The Economic, Legal, and Management Challenges of Intellectual Capital. N. Imparato (ed.). In Journal of Economic Literature 38(3): 678-680.

2. Macher, J.T. and C.S. Boerner (2005) “Development and the Boundaries of the Firm: A Knowledge-Based Examination in Drug Development.” Best Paper Proceedings 2005, Academy of Management Annual Meeting.

3. Macher, J.T. (2006) Comments on “Offshoring in the Semiconductor Industry: A Historical Perspective,” by C. Brown and G. Linden in S.M. Collins and L. Brainard (eds.), Brookings Trade Forum 2005: Offshoring White-Collar Work: 323-328.

VII. WORKING PAPERS – UNDER SUBMISSION

1. Beard, T.R., J.T. Macher and J.M. Mayo (2009) “‘Can you Hear Me Now?’ Exit, Voice and Loyalty Under Increasing Competition.” (under review, International Journal of Industrial Organization).

2. Macher, J.T. and C.S. Boerner (2009) “Technological Development and Firm Boundaries: A Knowledge-Based Examination in Drug Development.” (revise and resubmit, Strategic Management Journal).

3. Macher, J.T., J.W. Mayo and M. Schiffer (2009) “The Influence of Firms on Government,” (revise and resubmit, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy).

4. Macher, J.T. and J.M. Mayo (2009) “‘Making a Market out of a Mole Hill? Geographic Market Definition in Aspen Skiing” (under review, Journal of Competition Law and Economics).

VIII. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

1. SEMI Grant for “eBusiness in the Semiconductor and Semiconductor Equipment Industries,” $25,000. Joint with D.C. Mowery. (2001).

2. International SEMATECH Grant for “Economics of the 21st Century Semiconductor Industry,” $200,000. Joint with D.C. Mowery. (2000-2002).

3. Center for Business and Public Policy, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University Grant for “An Investigation Into Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Strategies And Their Relationship To FDA Oversight And Enforcement Actions,” $30,000. (2002-2004).

IX. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS