F. M. Scherer

Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management in the Aetna Chair, Kennedy School, Emeritus
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Belfer-416
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 82
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-1154
Email: mike_scherer@Harvard.Edu
F. M. Scherer

Profile

F. M. Scherer is Aetna Professor Emeritus in the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Born in 1932, he received an A.B. degree with honors and distinction from the University of Michigan in 1954; an M.B.A. with high distinction from Harvard University in 1958; and a Ph.D. in business economics from Harvard University in 1963. He is married to Barbara Silbermann Scherer. They have three children and eight grandchildren.

His research specialties are industrial economics and the economics of technological change, leading to numerous publications, the most important of which are listed beginning on page six.

Courses

Fall

  • BGP-213 Technological Innovation and Economic Growth

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journal/Scholarly Articles
    • Scherer, F.M. "A Perplexed Economist Confronts 'Too Big to Fail'." European Journal of Comparative Economics 7.2 (December 2010): 267-284.
    • Scherer, F.M. "A Half Century of Research on Patent Economics." World Intellectual Property Organization 2.1 (2010): 20-27.
  • Book Chapters
    • Scherer, F.M. "Prices and Profits in Dominant Firm Adjudication." Novas Perspectivas Economicas num Contexto de Globalizacao. Ed. Eduard Paz Ferreira, Douglas Rosenthal, and Luia Silva Morais. Almedina, 2010, 459-469.
    • Scherer, F.M. "The Historical Foundations of Communications Regulation." Novas Perspectivas Economicas num Contexto de Globalizacao. Ed. Eduard Paz Ferreira, Douglas Rosenthal, and Luia Silva Morais. Almedina, 2010, 41-61.
    • Scherer, F.M. "Pharmaceutical Innovation." Handbook on the Economics of Innovation. Ed. Bronwyn H. Hall and Nathan Rosenberg. North-Holland, 2010.
  • HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series
    • Scherer, F.M. "R&D Costs and Productivity in Biopharmaceuticals." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-046, December 2011.
    • Comanor, William S., and F.M. Scherer. "Mergers and Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Market." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-043, November 2011.
    • Scherer, F.M. "Parallel R&D Paths Revisited." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-022, June 2011.