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Richard Ivey Business 2356
Professor, International Business
J. Allyn Taylor & Arthur H. Mingay Chair
Klaus E. Meyer is Professor of International Business at Ivey Business School. He joined in 2017 after six years at the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai.
Professor Meyer is a leading scholar in the field of international business conducting research on the strategies of multinational enterprises (MNEs), especially foreign entry strategies, in emerging economies, especially Eastern Europe and East Asia. A central theme of his research is the influence of local contexts on the strategies and operations of MNEs operating in emerging economies. Other work investigates the strategies of MNEs originating from emerging economies, in particular China, and how their origins shape their international growth strategies. Recently, he is particilarly interested in political disruptions that lead (or do not lead) to exit from international actvities, and the diverse pressures on multinational enterprises to enhance the sustainability of their operations.
He has published over 100 articles in leading scholarly journals, in particular in Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal and Journal of Management Studies, and he published nine books, including the textbook “International Business” (with Mike Peng, published by Cengage Learning, 3rd ed., 2019). In 2012-2014, he was Vice President of the AIB and chaired the 2014 AIB conference in Vancouver, Canada. He served as Area Editor of the Journal of International Business Studies 2016 to 2022. Since 2021, he serves of teh Executive Committee of the International Management Division of the Academy of Management.