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John M. de Figueiredo
Associate Professor of Law
Associate Professor of Business
A.B. Economics, Harvard University, 1988
M.Sc. Economics, London School of Economics, 1989
Ph.D. Business and Public Policy, UC Berkeley, 1997
UCLA Law faculty since 2007
jdefig@anderson.ucla.edu |
Professor de Figueiredo's primary fields of research are competitive strategy, law and economics, political and legal strategy, and the management of technology and innovation. His non-market strategy research examines how executives integrate the business strategy of the firm with its legal and regulatory strategy to enhance competitive performance. Professor de Figueiredo's legal research includes the application of economics to administrative law, antitrust law, contract law, and election law. He has worked in the telecommunications, health care, financial services, real estate, and a variety of high technology industries. His papers have appeared in leading economics, management, and law journals.
Prior to joining the UCLA Anderson School, Professor de Figueiredo was on the faculties of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. He was also the Olin Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Harvard Law School and is currently a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Professor de Figueiredo has taught JD students, MBA students, Ph.D. students, executives, and boards of directors in a variety of different programs and settings. He teaches the Business Strategy for Lawyers class at UCLA and has taught a course on Strategies in Administrative Law in the past. de Figueiredo also co-heads the joint UCLA Law School-Business School Seminar on Law, Economics, and Organization and is the Anderson School Faculty Advisor to the UCLA JD-MBA program. He won the Excellence in Teaching Award while at MIT, and has won four teaching awards in his four years on the UCLA faculty.
Prior to joining academia, Professor de Figueiredo was a strategic management consultant at Monitor Company for a number of years, where he served on a team of consultants that started the company's Spanish practice and Madrid office.
Please refer to Professor de Figueiredo's official UCLA Faculty Web site:
http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x9464.xml
