Chris Meyer

Professor Meyer is a Lecturer in the Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management at the Zicklin School and a Field Mentor in the Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship. He is also the Baruch Campus Director for Blackstone LaunchPad. Mr. Meyer has a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research interests are in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and the management of technology. Currently, he teaches courses in Entrepreneurship.

Academic Degrees

• PhD in Strategic Management, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2012
• Master of Management, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1990
• BS in Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1983

Publications

Meyer, C., and Wilcox, K. (2022). “Unlocking Growth in Professional Services by Saying ‘No’.” California Management Review Insights.

Meyer, C., & Newbert, S. (2022).” How less can be more: simplicity and complexity in product design.” Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange.

Meyer, C., and O’Connor, G. (2021). “Here’s What AI Will Never Be Able to Do.” Entrepreneur.

Meyer, C., Cohen, D., and Nair, S. 2020. “From Automats to Artificial Intelligence: Automation in Services.” Journal of Service Management, March 2020.

Meyer, C, Cohen, D, and Gauthier, J. 2019. “Social Entrepreneurship, Stakeholder Management, and the Multiple Fitness Elements of Sustainability: Where Cash Is No Longer King.” Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship 32(5).

Gauthier, J., Cohen, D., and Meyer, C. (2019). “Top Management Team Characteristics and Social Value Creation.” Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 10(2): 252-263.

Gauthier, J., Meyer, C., and Cohen, D. (2017). “Championing Triple Bottom Line Improvement: Middle Managers and Social Intrapreneurship”. International Journal of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Meyer, C., Cohen, D. and Nair, S. (2017). “Some Have to and Some Want to: Why Firms Adopt a PostIndustrial Form”. Journal of Management and Governance.

Nair, S., Cohen, D. and Meyer, C. (2016). “The Role of Professional Service Providers During the Initial Stages of International Entrepreneurship: A Neo-Institutionalist View.” International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business.

Meyer, C., Skaggs, B., and Youndt, M. (2015) “Developing and Deploying Organizational Capital in Services vs. Manufacturing,”. Journal of Managerial Issues.

Meyer, C., Skaggs, B., Nair, S., and Cohen, D. (2015) “Customer Interaction Uncertainty, Knowledge, and Service Firm Internationalization Strategies”. Journal of International Management.

Meyer, C., Gauthier, J. (2013). “Navigating Challenging Fitness Landscapes: Social Entrepreneurship and the Competing Dimensions of Sustainability.” Journal of Social Entrepreneurship.

Meyer, C., Cohen, D. and Nair, S. (2011). “Agency, Embeddedness, and the Financial Crisis.” Academy of Business Journal.

Areas of Expertise

• Strategy in contemporary firms
• Technological innovation
• Social Entrepreneurship