Nathan Furr

Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship
Business Management, Department of


Office: 617 TNRB
Phone: 801-422-1814
Email: nfurr@byu.edu
Expertise:
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Organizational leadership and strategy
  • Strategic management
Research:
  • Venture Capital
  • Strategy
  • Organizational Change
  • Organizational Learning
  • Business Model Development
  • International Business
  • Entrepreneurship
Education:
  • Ph.D., Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Stanford University, 2009
  • MBA, Brigham Young University, 2004
  • MA, English, Brigham Young University, 2000
  • BA, Honors English, Brigham Young University, 1998
Group Affiliations:
  • Entrepreneurship - Primary
  • Strategy - Secondary
Selected Publications:
  • "What Makes a Process a Capability? Heuristics, Strategy and Effective Capture of Opportunities," Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 27-47, January, 2008    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
Experience:
   Teaching
  • Teaching Assistant, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • Instructor / Teaching Assistant, Stanford Univeristy
  • Instructor, Brigham Young University
   Professional
  • Advisor to New Ventures in Web 2.0, Clean Technology, Professional Services, Retail and Financial Services Industries
  • Co-founder, Pronk
  • Consultant, Monitor Group
  • Senior Consultant, Greentech Media
Awards:
  • Organization and Innovation Research Grant , National Science Foundation , 2007