Overview
John M. de Figueiredo is the Russell M. Robinson II Professor of Law, Strategy, and Economics at the Duke Law School and the Fuqua School of Business. He is also Director of the Duke Center for Institutional and Organizational Performance, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
de Figueiredo studies the formulation and execution of competitive strategy, innovation strategy, and political and legal strategy. His quantitative and analytical research focuses on the nexus of firms, technology, and regulatory and political institutions and draws upon economics, law, political science, and management.
Prior to joining Duke University, he was on the faculties of the UCLA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has also held long-term visiting positions at Princeton University, Harvard Law School, INSEAD, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, and, most recently, at Stanford Business School.
He is on the editorial board of a number of academic journals, has been awarded many research grants, and has won five teaching awards in his career.
de Figueiredo also serves on the Board of Directors of Employers Insurance Group (NYSE: EIG).
He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley; an M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics; and an A.B. in economics from Harvard University.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Recent Publications
Seven Levers to Change Organizational Culture
Journal Article · 2023 Link to item CiteHow Do Inventors’ Political Preferences Affect Innovation?
Journal Article Academy of Management Proceedings · 2023 Link to item CiteThe Timing of Lobbying
Chapter · 2022 CiteRecent Grants
CIF21 DIBBs: An Integrated System for Public/Private Access to Large-scale, Confidential Social Science Data
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2018Developing, Managing, and Retaining Expert Human Capital in Public Agencies
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Vanderbilt University · 2014 - 2016Effectiveness, Control and Competence in Public Agencies
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Vanderbilt University · 2013 - 2014View All Grants