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Jon Fjeld, Professor of Philosophy, Professor of the Practice of Strategy, and Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative and Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship of Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship edit Jon Fjeld has been teaching entrepreneurship and strategy, and leading the entrepreneurship efforts at Fuqua since 2005.
Before returning to academia, he spent over twenty years in marketing, engineering and general management in start-ups and public companies.
From December, 2000, until July, 2004, he served as vice president of engineering for Align Technology in Santa Clara, CA. Between 1995 and 2000, he served as CEO of two RTP venture backed firms: Geomagic, a 3D software company and NetEdge Systems, a data networking equipment company. Prior to that, Fjeld spent 13 years at IBM, where he served in a number of management and executive positions within the networking and software business units. He began his professional career as an assistant professor in the philosophy department at Duke University.
Fjeld holds a Ph.D. and MA in philosophy from the University of Toronto, an MBA from Duke University, an MS in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a BA in mathematics and philosophy from Bishop's University. Email Address:  
Web Page: http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty/jon-fjeld
Education:
M.B.A., Duke University, 1990
M.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1983
Ph.D., University of Toronto (Canada), 1977
M.A., University of Toronto (Canada), 1974
B.A., Bishop's University (Canada), 1973
- Research Interests: Entrepreneurship, Strategy
- Areas of Interest:
- Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Methodology of strategy research
Teaching (Fall 2018):
- ECON 374S.01, New ventures operating plan
Synopsis
- Fuqua DAVIS MTG, MTh 03:05 PM-05:00 PM
- MMS 396.01, New ventures 3
Synopsis
- SEE INSTRU, M 03:05 PM-05:15 PM
- STRATEGY 848.201, Nv1: opportunity evaluation
Synopsis
- TBA, W 12:30 PM-02:45 PM
- STRATEGY 851.101, Nv 3: operating plan 1
Synopsis
- Fuqua DAVIS MTG, M 03:00 PM-05:15 PM
- STRATEGY 852.201, Nv 3: operating plan 2
Synopsis
- TBA, MTh 03:00 PM-05:15 PM
- Recent Publications
- Fjeld, J. "How to Test Your Assumptions." Mit Sloan Management Review 59.2 (December, 2018): 89-90.
- Cohen, WM; Fjeld, J. "The three legs of a stool: Comment on Richard Nelson, “The sciences are different and the differences matter”." Research Policy 45.9 (November, 2016): 1708-1712. [doi]
- Curriculum Vitae
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