Christopher Rhea Meyer

Education

Ph.D., Organizational Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst MA

M.B.A., Finance, Economics, Northwestern University Evanston IL

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder CO

Journal Articles

(2026). The Eight Core Principles of Strategic Innovation. MIT Sloan Management Review, 67(3). 24-30.

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

Gauthier, J., Cohen, D., & Meyer, C. (2021). Entrepreneurial Orientation, Externalities, and Social Entrepreneurship. Society and Business Review, 16(3). 476-489.

Meyer, C., Cohen, D., & Nair, S. (2020). From Automats to Artificial Intelligence: Autoation in Services. Journal of Service Management , 31(2). 145-161.

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

Meyer, C. (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). 431-455.

Nair, S., Cohen, D., & Meyer, C. (2017). The Role of Professional Service Providers During the Initial Stages of International Entrepreneurship: A Neo-Institutionalist View. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 30(4). 526-544.

Meyer, C., Cohen, D., & Nair, S. (2017). Some Have to and Some Want to: Why Firms Adopt a Post-Industrial Form. Journal of Management and Governance, 21(2). 533-559.

Gauthier, J., Cohen, D., & Meyer, C. (2016). Championing Triple Bottom Line Improvement: Middle Managers and Social Intrapreneurship. International Journal of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility., 1(2). 19.

Meyer, C., Skaggs, B., & Youndt, M. (2015). Developing and Deploying Organizational Capital in Services vs. Manufacturing. Journal of Managerial Issues, 26(4). 326-344.

Meyer, C., & Gauthier, J. (2013). Navigating Challenging Fitness Landscapes: Social Entrepreneurship and the Competing Dimensions of Sustainability. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 4(1). 23-39.

Meyer, C., Cohen, D., & Nair, S. (2011). Agency, Embeddedness, and the Financial Crisis. Academy of Business Journal, 1. 81-100.

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