• PhD, University of Washington, 2018
• MS, University of Virginia, 2012
• BS, University of Alabama, 2011

• Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich, 2018–2019

Alex Murray's research focuses on developing theoretical frameworks to explain how entrepreneurs mobilize resources from distributed resource providers and how distributed resource providers use novel technologies to coordinate resource allocations. He addresses empirical and theoretical puzzles stemming from the technologically-driven phenomena of crowdfunding, blockchain-based firms, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Theoretically, he contributes to the literatures on organizational theory, strategy, and entrepreneurship by unpacking how entrepreneurs obtain and maintain support from many distributed resource providers over time. Methodologically, he complements inductive field-based approaches with statistical analyses to develop novel insights and advance existing theories in intriguing ways.

• Artificial intelligence
• Algorithmic organizing
• Blockchain technology
• Crowdfunding
• Decentralized governance
• Entrepreneurship
• Innovation
• Technology entrepreneurship
• Venture finance

• Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Oregon, 2024
• Best Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Review, 2023
• Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Lundquist College of Business, 2023
• Consumer Protection Grant Award, University of Oregon, 2023
• Goulet Outstanding Research Award, Lundquist College of Business, 2023
• Dave Petrone Financial Literacy and Wellness Research Award, Lundquist College of Business, 2022
• Best Paper Award, Academy of Management Review, 2022
• Best Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Review, 2022
• Outstanding Faculty in Entrepreneurship, Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship, 2022
• Best Reviewer Award, Journal of Business Venturing, 2021
• Most Developmental Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Review, 2021
• Translational Research Grant, Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship, 2020
• COVID-19 Impact Grant Award, 2020
• New Junior Faculty Research Award, University of Oregon, 2019

• Guest Editor, Special Topic Forum on "AI in Management," Academy of Management Review
• Editorial Review Board Member, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
• Editorial Review Board Member, Academy of Management Review

• Basit, Ameer, Michael Johnson, Ussama A. Khan, and Alex Murray. “Ego-centrists, collaborators, and socializers: How tie-forming motivations impact pivoting.”
• Heidl, Ralph, Alex Murray, and Purushothaman Padmanabhan. “Non-human agency in organizations: Action selection with augmenting technologies.”
• Hmaddi, Ouafaa, Lauren Lanahan, and Alex Murray. “Tracing entrepreneurial spillovers: Evidence from the U.S. State Small Business Credit Initiative and Kickstarter.”
• Jones, Jessica, and Alex Murray. “Invest because of who I am, not what you expect me to be: An examination of the demand side of social investments.”
• Majzoubi, Majid, and Alex Murray. “Promises as strategic tools.”
• Murray, Alex, Benjamin L. Hallen, and Suresh Kotha. “Levered replication: A study of how entrepreneurs better learn new high-stakes skills from others.”
• Murray, Alex, Susan Cohen, and Farhan Iqbal. “Legitimacy buffers: How ventures maintain stakeholder support in the face of operational legitimacy threats.”
• Murray, Alex, Vern Glaser. “Artificial intelligence and the reshaping of social evaluations.”
• Patel, Dhru, Jordan Brewer, Alex Murray, and Dennie Kim. “Artificial intelligence as a public good.”
• Rhymer, Jen, Alex Murray, and David Sirmon. “Synthetic stakeholders: “Combining acknowledged personhood and emergent technologies to achieve stakeholder salience.”