Stephan Meier

Stephan Meier is the James P. Gorman Professor of Business Strategy at Columbia Business School and the chair of the Management Division. His research interest is in behavioral strategy. He investigates the impact of psychology and economics on human decision-making. He is interested in how motivation beyond income maximization and limited savviness affect decision-makers, workers, and customers and how those behaviors guide public policy and firms’ strategy and how we can change behavior for the better. His work has been published in the leading academic journals including the American Economic Review, Management Science, Psychological Science or Science Magazine, and has been profiled by the press such as The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Neue Zuercher Zeitung. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Zurich.