125th Anniversary Faculty Tour
Marshall Meyer
Richard A. Sapp Professor; Professor of Management
Marshall W. Meyer is a leading global expert on business and management in China, including the internationalization of Chinese firms, the reform of Chinese state-owned enterprises, and the technology of Chinese industrial parks. The author of Rethinking Business Performance, he specializes in how businesses can best measure performance, including how to negotiate between what a firm wants to measure and what can be measured, what to do if ideal measures are not available, and how to adapt to multiple and inconsistent measures. To read Professor Meyer's full profile, click here.
In his own words…
"Unlike the firms portrayed in Western organizational theory, large Chinese firms often consist of affiliated companies organized like families - parents, children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren, all having independent legal status. Like families, these companies do not have clearly defined boundaries. . boundaries between the firm and the state, on the one hand, and the firm and its subsidiaries, on the other, are indefinite, and hence managers must continuously negotiate both kinds of boundaries."
Read about Marshall Meyer's research in Knowledge@Wharton: