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Daniel Spulber  

Elinor Hobbs Distinguished Professor of International Business and Professor of Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management

Daniel F. Spulber is the Elinor Hobbs Distinguished Professor of International Business and Professor of Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, where he has taught since 1990. He is also Professor of Law (Courtesy) at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.

Spulber is the founding editor of the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley. He is the author of fourteen books including The Case for Patents, 2021, World Scientific Publishing. Spulber has published numerous articles in leading economics journals and law reviews. Spulber’s main areas of research are Economics of Technology and Innovation, Law and Economics, Industrial Organization, and Microeconomics.

Spulber received his Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from Northwestern University and his B.A. in economics from the University of Michigan. Spulber has taught at Brown University, the University of Southern California, and Cal Tech.

Spulber’s economics expert witness consulting experience is in Antitrust, Platforms and Two-Sided Markets, Intellectual Property, Technology and Innovation, and Industrial Organization. Spulber has provided expert witness testimony before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Postal Rate Commission, and state regulatory agencies including the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, and the Wisconsin Public Service Commission. Spulber provided expert testimony before the Superior Court for the State of California for the Country of Los Angeles, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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Patents, Technology and Innovation, Technology Standards, 5G Mobile Communications, and International Business

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