Timothy A. Luehrman is a Finance academic at Harvard Business School.[1] He is best known for his work on valuation and real options; specifically, he conceived the idea of treating business strategy as a series of options, [2] and his papers here [3][4] are widely quoted.
His research focuses on international corporate finance, advanced valuation techniques, and long-horizon financial management. He has published numerous books, research articles and case studies for both scholars and practitioners. [5]
He has held appointments at the MIT Sloan School of Management, IMD and the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He was also a Managing Director at Standard & Poor’s Corporate Value Consulting division and a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. During 2003-2004 he was a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Option Valuation Group.[6]
He received his B.A. in Economics from Amherst College (1979), MBA from Harvard Business School (1983), and Ph.D. in Business economics from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1986).[7]