Prof. Dr. Johannes Meuer

Johannes Meuer is Associate Professor for Sustainability Strategy and Operations at Kühne Logistics University (DownloadKLUvertical_align_bottom) and Co-director of KLU’s Center for Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chains (DownloadCSLSvertical_align_bottom). He also serves as the president of the Group for Research on Organizations and the Natural Environment (DownloadGRONENvertical_align_bottom), an international network of researchers concerned with the role of companies in the environment and society.

His research focuses on understanding the tensions that corporate decision-makers face when taking sustainability decisions, and relatedly, how firms effectively integrate sustainability into their strategy and business operations. He has studied these questions in various settings and industries (e.g., energy, plastics, automotive supply chains, food retail). Johannes has also been at the forefront of developing new methodological approaches for studying configurational phenomena based on set-theoretic analytics such as fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).

He is affiliated with several institutes and centers such as the Group for Sustainability and Technology (DownloadSusTecvertical_align_bottom) at ETH Zurich, the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (DownloadERIMvertical_align_bottom) at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, and the Faculty of Management at the University of DownloadWarsawvertical_align_bottom. He has published his research in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Operations Management, Organization & Environment, Research Policy, and Organizational Research Methods.

Johannes actively integrates insights from both academia and practice in his research, teaching, and professional service activities. He conducts translational research together with industry partners, using in-depth case studies, action and participatory research approaches. Johannes has developed innovative teaching approaches that center around translating relevant industry experience into the foundational concept of corporate sustainability.

He has received a number of honors and awards for his research, teaching, and commitment to professional service, including grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Federal Government (Energy Department), the German Science Foundation, and the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS). He received Best Paper Awards from the Academy of Management’s Organization and Management Theory (OMT) and the Human Resource (HR) Division as well as a best reviewer award from the Organization and the Natural Environment and the “Above and Beyond the Call of Duty” Award of the OMT Division. Johannes has also been awarded the “Golden Owl 2020” Award at ETH Zurich for providing exceptional education. Several of his courses have received awards for innovation in teaching. For his teaching cases, he received the ecch Case Awards for the Best Case in Category Strategy and General Management and the AESE Case Writing Competition.

Prior to joining the KLU faculty, Johannes was a senior researcher at ETH Zurich. Prior to completing his PhD, he spent time at USC Marshall Business School in Los Angeles, and the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai. Johannes has earned an MSc in International Economics from Corvinus University Budapest; a PhD degree from the
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University; and a habilitation (Venia Legendi) from ETH Zurich.

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Arellano Caro, M., Meuer, J., Netland, T: "Commitment follows beliefs: A configurational perspective on operations managers’ commitment to practice adoption." Journal of Operations Management. Downloaddoi: org/10.1002/joom.1130vertical_align_bottom
  
• Shepard, D., Ellersiek, A., Meuer, J., Rupietta, C., Mayne, R., & Cairney, P. (2020): "Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Approach in new political contexts: Consolidation, configuration, and new findings." Governance. Downloaddoi: 10.1111/gove.12521vertical_align_bottom
• Meuer, J., Fiss, P. (2020): "Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in Business and Management Research" in: M. Hitt (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management. New York: Oxford University Press. (accepted for publication)
• Meuer, J., Lamaro, F., & Vetterli, N. (2020). Embedding energy optimization in organizations: A case study of a Swiss decentralized renewable energy system. Energy and Buildings, Downloaddoi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110710vertical_align_bottom
  
• Meuer, J., Koelbel, J., Hoffmann, V.H. (2019): "On the Nature of Corporate Sustainability." Organisation & Environment, 1-23. Downloaddoi: 10.1177/1086026619850180vertical_align_bottom
• Meuer, J., Tröster, C., Angstmann, M., Backes-Gellner, U., & Pull, K. (2019). Embeddedness and the repatriation intention of assigned and self-initiated expatriates. European Management Journal, 37(6): 784-793. Downloaddoi:10.1016/j.emj.2019.03.002vertical_align_bottom
• Meuer, J., Rupietta, C. (2017): "Integrating QCA and HLM for Multilevel Research on Organizational Configurations." Organizational Research Methods, 20(2): 324-342. Downloaddoi:10.1177/1094428116665465vertical_align_bottom
• Meuer, J. (2017): "Exploring the Complementarities Within High‐Performance Work Systems: A Set‐Theoretic Analysis of UK Firms." Human Resource Management, 56(4): 651-672. Downloaddoi:10.1002/hrm.21793vertical_align_bottom
• Meuer, J., Rupietta, C. (2017): "A review of integrated QCA and statistical analyses." Quality & Quantity, 51(5): 2063-2083. Downloaddoi:10.1007/s11135-016-0397-zvertical_align_bottom
• Balakrishnan, D., Haney, A. B., & Meuer, J. (2016): "What a MES (s)! A bibliometric analysis of the evolution of research on multi-energy systems." Electrical Engineering, 98(4): 369-374. Downloaddoi:10.1007/s00202-016-0427-9vertical_align_bottom
• Meuer, J., Rupietta, C., & Backes-Gellner, U. (2015): "Layers of co-existing innovation systems." Research Policy, 44(4): 888-910. Downloaddoi:10.1016/j.respol.2015.01.013vertical_align_bottom
• Meuer, J. (2014): "Archetypes of inter-firm relations in the implementation of management innovation." Organization Studies, 25(1): 121-145. Downloaddoi:10.1177/0170840613495339vertical_align_bottom

Professional Service

• DownloadCOMPASSSvertical_align_bottom, Advisory Board Member
• DownloadEuropean Management Journalvertical_align_bottom, Member of the editorial board
• DownloadGRONENvertical_align_bottom, Network Coordinator
  
• DownloadInternational QCA Workshop Seriesvertical_align_bottom, Lead organizer

Ad hoc Reviewer

Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Research Policy, Organization Studies, Corporate Governance, Organization & Environment, Human Relations, European Management Review, European Management Journal, Technovation, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Management and Organization Review

Teaching

• Strategies for Sustainable Business
• Corporate Sustainability (Strategy track)
• Energy Innovation and Management
• external pageQCA Workshops: conceptual perspectives, beginners and advanced applicationscall_made
• ETH PhD Academy on Sustainability and Technology

Grants

• Teaching videos on Corporate Sustainability, ETH Zurich Foundation & Emil Halter Foundation (2020) with Volker Hoffmann
  
• EnergieSuisse Project Grant “Business models for digital building technologies” (2019) with Malte Toetzke
  
• MTEC Foundation Research Grant “Strategizing Contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals” (2019) with Amanda Williams
• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) project “Unpacking pathways to Corporate Sustainability” (2018-2021)
• SCCER Future Energy Efficient Buildings & District (2015-2021)
• MTEC Foundation, Organizational Innovations for Technological Development: Case Studies on Energy Efficient Building Technologies (2015) 
• Several grants for workshop and conference organization (SNSF, Society for the Advancement of Management Studies, German Science Foundation)