Jeffrey Reuer

Jeffrey J. Reuer is the Guggenheim Endowed Chair and Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado. He teaches strategic management in the Purdue EMBA Programs.

Before joining the faculty at the University of Colorado, Dr. Reuer was the Blake Family Endowed Chair in Strategic Management and Governance at the Krannert School of Management.

Before joining Purdue, he was the Boyd W. Harris, Jr. Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Strategic Management at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. He has also served on the faculties of INSEAD and Ohio State University.

He has taught in executive education programs at Harvard Business School, Duke University, and INSEAD. He is a recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, for the best core course in the weekend executive MBA program.

Professor Reuer's research is in the area of corporate strategy, and his current work uses information economics and options theory to examine firms' external corporate development activities. Recent projects are on the design and performance of alliances and M&A, alliance governance, the roles IPOs play in acquisition markets, and the performance implications of firms' growth options. He has presented papers at more than 50 universities throughout the world.