Daniel F. Spulber
Daniel F. Spulber is the Elinor Hobbs Distinguished Professor of International Business and professor of strategy at the Kellogg School of Management, where he has taught since 1990. Spulber is also professor of law at the Northwestern University School of Law and research director of the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy.
Education and early career
His father was the Romanian economist Nicolas Spulber, who taught for many years at Indiana University Bloomington. Daniel Spulber received his B.A. in economics from the University of Michigan in 1974, his M.A. in economics from Northwestern University in 1976, and his Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University in 1979. He taught at Brown University, the University of Southern California, and the California Institute of Technology before returning to Northwestern.
Academic work
Spulber's research is in the areas of international economics, industrial organization, microeconomic theory, innovation, entrepreneurship, management strategy, and law. In 1996, he was ranked 6th among economists in the United States and also highly ranked for 1979-2003 adjusted appearances. Spulber has published numerous journal articles in economics journals and law reviews.
Selected books
Books written
Economics and Management of Competitive Strategy, 2009, New Jersey: World Scientific PressNetworks in Telecommunications: Economics and Law, with Christopher Yoo, 2009, Cambridge: Cambridge University PressGlobal Competitive Strategy, 2007, Cambridge: Cambridge University PressManagement Strategy, 2004, New York: McGraw HillMarket Microstructure: Intermediaries and the Theory of the Firm, 1999, New York: Cambridge University PressThe Market Makers: How Leading Companies Create and Win Markets, 1998, New York: McGraw-Hill/ Business Week BooksDeregulatory Takings and the Regulatory Contract: The Competitive Transformation of Network Industries in the United States, with J. Gregory Sidak, 1997, Cambridge University PressProtecting Competition from the Postal Monopoly, with J. Gregory Sidak, 1996, Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise InstituteRegulation and Markets, 1989, Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press
Books edited
Famous Fables of Economics: Myths of Market Failures, 2002, Malden, MA: Basil BlackwellEssays in the Economics of Renewable Resources, edited with Leonard J. Mirman, 1982, Amsterdam: Elsevier-North Holland Publishing Co.