Alfred A. Marcus

Alfred A. Marcus is currently the Spencer Chair of Strategic Management at the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, where he has been on the faculty since 1984. His articles have appeared in the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, and other journals. He also is the author or co-author of 10 books. Professor Marcus received his PhD from Harvard and undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago. He has consulted or worked with many major corporations including 3M, Corning, Excel Energy, General Mills, and IBM. Before joining Minnesota's faculty, he taught at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Business and was a research scientist at the Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers in Seattle. In 1991-1992, he spent his sabbatical at the Sloan School of Management, MIT. He has taught strategy or management courses in Norway, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and Costa Rica and was involved in a multinational research project sponsored by the NSF that involved working with companies in the United States, Finland, Israel, and India. Much of his work involves the interface between strategy and changes in the macro-environment of the firm including major changes in government policies.