Matt Myers
Education:
1997-Michigan State, Ph.D.
Marketing and International Business
1992-University of South Carolina, M.B.A.
International Business Studies, Latin American emphasis
1986-University of Lousiville, B.S.
Natural Sciences
Research focus: International distribution in Supply Chain Management/International Pricing
Telephone: 865.974.3193
E-mail: redfish@utk.edu
Matthew B. Myers is the Nestlé Professor and Head, Department of Marketing and Logistics, and the Executive Director of the Global Business Institute at the College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee. He teaches global marketing and business strategy at the MBA, Executive, and doctoral levels.
Dr. Myers earned his Ph.D. in business from the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University, and his Masters of International Business Studies from Moore College of Business, University of South Carolina. Prior to academia, he worked with both Merrill-Lynch and IBM-Argentina. He has studied, taught, and worked in Central America, South America, Europe, Central and East Asia, and has acted as a consultant to organizations in the global distribution, chemical, insurance, pharmaceutical, and marketing research industries. He recently served as visiting faculty at both the University of St. Andrews, Scotland and the University of Verona, Italy, and has also taught in other locations including Romania, Taiwan, and Uzbekistan.
Dr. Myers’ primary areas of research are in global supply chain networks, foreign market entry strategies, and comparative marketing systems. His research has been published in a number of outlets including the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Operations Management, the Journal of International Business Studies, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and Sloan Management Review. He is also co-editor of the Handbook of Global Supply Chain Management (Sage). Dr. Myers is former editor for supply chain and operations research at the Journal of International Business Studies, and is a member of the editorial review boards of the Journal of International Business Studies, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of World Business, the Journal of International Management, and the Journal of International Marketing.