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Alex Murray

Assistant Professor of Management | Director, Intelligent Futures Lab

Affiliations: Management, Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship
Phone: 541-346-3318
Office: Anstett 398C

Publications

Journal Articles:

Brewer, Jordan, Dhru Patel, Dennie Kim, and Alex Murray. "Navigating the Challenges of Generative Technologies: Proposing the Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain." Business Horizons, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2024.04.011 

April 2024

Vivianna F He, Mattias Tröbinger, and Alex Murray (2024). "The Crowd Beyond Funders: An Integrative Review of and Research Agenda for Crowdfunding." Academy of Management Annals 18, no. 1: 348-394. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2022.0064 

January 2024

Murray, Alex, Dennie Kim, and Jordan Combs. "The Promise of a Decentralized Internet: What is Web 3.0 and How Can Firms Prepare?" Business Horizons 66, no. 2: 191-202. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2022.06.002.

March 2023

Murray, Alex, and Greg Fisher. "When More is Less: Explaining the Curse of Too Much Capital for Early-Stage Ventures." Organization Science 34, no. 1: 246-282. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2021.1568.

February 2023

Murray, Alex, Scott Kuban, Matthew Josefy, and Jonathan Anderson. "Contracting in the Smart Era: The Implications of Blockchain and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations for Contracting and Corporate Governance." Academy of Management Perspectives 35, no. 4: 622-641. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2018.0066.

November 2021

Murray, Alex, Jen Rhymer, and David G. Sirmon. "Humans and Technology: Forms of Conjoined Agency in Organizations." Academy of Management Review 46, no. 3: 552-571. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2019.0186.

July 2021

Hallen, Benjamin L., Jason P. Davis, and Alex Murray. "Entrepreneurial Network Evolution: Explicating the Structural Localism and Agentic Network Change Distinction." Academy of Management Annals 14, no. 2: 1067-1102. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2018.0063.

July 2020

Murray, Alex, Suresh Kotha, and Greg Fisher. "Community-Based Resource Mobilization: How Entrepreneurs Acquire Resources from Distributed Non-Professionals via Crowdfunding." Organization Science, 31, no. 4: 960-989. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2019.1339.

July 2020
Cases:

Huang, Laura, Maximilian Enthoven, Alex Murray, and Erik Hofmann. "modum.io (B): Bidding Farewell to Crypto." Harvard Business School Case N9-421-068.

January 2021

Huang, Laura, Dominik Roeck, Alex Murray, and Erik Hofmann. "modum.io: Funding a Blockchain-based Start-up's Supply Chain Solution." Harvard Business School Case N9-420-006.

January 2020

Murray, Alex, and Suresh Kotha. "Kickstarter: Using Crowdfunding to Launch a New Board Game." In Strategic Management, edited by F. T. Rothaermel. Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill.

January 2020

In the News

Master of Accounting students are already co-publishing along with faculty on the bleeding-edge topic of blockchain and artificial intelligence.
Lundquist College management faculty are teaching at the highest levels, out-researching some major names in academia, and publishing in the field's top journals, all while earning notice for excellence in teaching.
Four awardees earned special funding to continue and expand the study of financial literacy and wellness.
Research by management professor Alex Murray and coauthor examined why some tech ventures fail on crowdfunding platforms despite meeting their financing goals.
The Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship has launched a new funding opportunity to support research activities of Lundquist College faculty.
Eight Lundquist College of Business researchers brought their papers to life during the inaugural Research Slam.
When it came to delivering engaging coursework virtually, Lundquist College faculty and staff didn’t miss a beat.
Research by management professor Alex Murray and coauthors explored how new companies fuel success in online fundraising campaigns.