Welcome to Paul Miesing’s Homepage!

Hi, and please make yourself at home. I’m officially housed at the Business School of the State University of New York at Albany, where I teach and conduct research in strategic management broadly including Executive leadership; Corporate boards and governance; Organizational learning and transformation; Technology transfer; International business and globalization; Cross-culture management and organization; Corporate social responsibility and business ethics. I have published dozens of articles and papers in both academic and practitioner journals, and helped many audiences, including companies, civic groups, industry associations, and government agencies, both locally and internationally. I designed this page to share my experiences with you, so browse around as long as you like and feel free to try anything you want to. I’m still developing my pages and would certainly appreciate your feedback. Office Phone/Voice Mail: (518) 442-4942.

Annual Professional & Personal Milestones

	2012 SEED: I am Principal co-Investigator for UAlbany microloan “Small Enterprise Economic Development” program that creates jobs and generates new taxes
	2011 More Road Trips: Mexico, Brazil, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Dominican Republic
	2009-2010 On the Road Again: From Thanksgiving to August, traveled to “Caribbean Secret Island,” Costa Rica, Brazil (Rio Carneval!), Canadian Rockies, Guam, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Hong Kong, China, returned to Vietnam, and Argentina (not counting airport stops in Japan, Korea, and Thailand). Got home in time for Debbie’s wedding
	2008-2009 Going Green Globally: The third time is the charm as “G3” hits its stride and we present “Strategic Sustainability Systems: Evidence from the G3 Program at the UAlbany School of Business” at the Special Issue Conference for Business and Society on “Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability”
	2007-2008 Showtime: Presented “A Peek Behind the Bamboo Curtain of China Businesses” several times in the Capital District, shown on local cable TV; played on a couple of championship basketball teams, including a win over a local news team
	2006-2007 New Course Development: Created and taught the MBA course “Global Strategic Management” as the cornerstone integrative experience that included “Exercise: Negotiating Outsourcing” and “When you WISH Upon a Star” to accompany another exercise; also, was the keynote speaker at the New York Public Library’s Leadership Academy and became a member of the Academy for Character Education Community Advisory Board
	2005-2006 Family Events: Marc begins working for Artech (see “Fudan University - Perpetual Morning Glory” and “Heading for China”); Debbie is in our MSW Program. My father passed away, and my mother moved in. I was also the treasurer and president-elect of The Benedicts, a local dinner-dance club.
	2004-2005 Scholarly Works: Took a sabbatical in the fall to complete scholarly and pedagogy projects (see research items below)
	2003-2004 Public Recognition: Known as the local China Expert; won the Distinguished Research Award for “How Important Are Stakeholder Relationships?” (with C. Alexander and A.L. Parsons) from the Allied Academies International Conference (April); received the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award in the School of Business; and (again) appeared in Marquis Who’s Who in America ... also spent a month in Vietnam sponsored by Royal Education.
	2001-2002 Getting Personal: I moved out of the dorms into a real house. My daughter Debbie graduated, and within a year was off to Samoa as a Peace Corps volunteer. My son Marc went to Fudan University in Shanghai to study abroad for the year. Did some traveling (of course!).
	2000-2001 Affiliations and Visits: Taught Strategic Management at Ericsson China Academy (jointly administered by the Norwegian School of Management, Fudan School of Management, and Lund University) Master of Management Program in Infocom (Beijing); Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, arguably the best business program in India (read about it in the University Update); at Consultrain (in the Dominican Republic); and Graduate School of Business in Zurich
	1999-2001 Campus Living: Was a Faculty-in-Residence, living in an apartment on Alumni Quad where I was responsible for organizing some activities ... I also took a course in Mandarin (aced it!)
	1998-1999 Internationalization: Fulbright Scholar (read about it in the University Update) at Fudan University in Shanghai, arguably China’s top MBA program (read my China Diary!)
	1997-1998 Humanities: Taught in our Project Renaissance program (an interdisciplinary, highly-coordinated one-year course in which freshmen experience complete intellectual immersion unbounded by time and place, and in which they are free to share their intellectual curiosity)—this is my Social Science Module
	1996 Instructional Technology: Sabbatical supported in part by the GE Fund to develop a model course (click here to see the result, The Social, Political, and Ethical Dimensions of Business ... and presented “In Search of the Ethical Leader in Amoral Markets” at universities throughout Denmark, Sweden, and Norway as well as “Strategic Management of Change” for Executive Development Program at The University of the West Indies in Trinidad (Oh yeah, also developed this Web page)

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Teaching Activities Research Activities Consulting Activities General Information

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Here are several courses I teach: Strategic Management Click here to read the Class Syllabus International Business is combined with Strategic Management to create Global Strategic Management Click here to read the Class Syllabus Social, Political, and Ethical Dimensions of Business Organization Behavior and Human Resource Management is under construction

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You can also read some of my recent papers and interviews (as well as older favorites):

	Working papers representing my current interests and activities include “Challenges of Strategic Information Systems: Controlled Chaos in the Global Environment”; “In Search of Ethical Leaders in Amoral Markets”; “Global Human Resources Best Practices Project,” among others
	S. Goel, P. Miesing, and U. Chandra, “The Impact of Illegal Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing on the Media Industry” (2010) California Management Review, 52(3): 6-33
	R.K. Van-Ness, P. Miesing, and J. Kang, “Understanding Governance and Corporate Boards: Is Theory A Problem?” (2009) European Journal of Management 7(9): 186-199
	L. Easterly & P. Miesing, “NGOs, Social Venturing, and Community Citizenship Behavior” (2009) Business & Society 48(4): 538-564
	P. Miesing & E.J. Pavur, “Exercise: Stakeholder Negotiations” (2008) Journal of Strategic Management Education 4
	L. Easterly & P. Miesing, “Social Venture Business Strategies for Reducing Poverty” (2007) Chapter 1 in Innovative Approaches to Reducing Global Poverty edited by J.A.F. Stoner & C. Wankel
	P. Miesing & R. Van Ness, “Exercise: Scenario Planning” (2007) Organization Management Journal 4(2): 148-167
	P. Miesing, M. Kriger, & N. Slough, “Towards a Model of Effective Knowledge Transfer Within Transnationals” (2007) Journal of Technology Transfer 32(1): 109-122
	J. Hua, P. Miesing, & M. Li, “An Empirical Taxonomy of SOE Governance in Transitional China” (2006) Journal of Management and Governance 10: 401-433
	P.A. Leonard, P. Miesing, & R. Van Ness, “Montana Power Company – When Power Begets Power” Society for Case Research (Summer 2004 Workshop) and Southern Management Association meetings (2005)
	C. Alexander, P. Miesing, & A.L. Parsons, “How Important Are Stakeholder Relationships?” Academy of Strategic Management Journal (2005): 1-7
	N. Slough, P. Miesing, & R. Brain, “The Ten Big Emerging Market Initiative A Decade Later: Measurements And Commentary” Proceedings of the Academy of International Business Southeast (2004)
	N. Slough & P. Miesing, “Chinese Minds in US Bodies” Proceedings of the Academy of International Business Southeast (2003): 185-195
	P. Miesing, “B-Schools on the I-Way: Avoiding Potholes, Dead-ends, and Crashes” Journal of Management Education (1998): 753-770
	P. Miesing & E.H. Rich, “Using Information Technology to Experience Ethics in the Business Class” JAI’s Current Topics in Management (1997): 267-286
	L. Larwood, C.M. Falbe, M.P. Kriger, & P. Miesing, “Structure and Meaning of Organizational Vision” Academy of Management Journal (1995): 740-769
	T.C. Dandridge & P. Miesing, “Underlying Patterns in a Current Economic Development Model” Policy Sciences (1990): 231-240
	P. Miesing and J.F. Preble, “A Comparison of Five Business Philosophies” Journal of Business Ethics (1985): 465-476
	P. Miesing & J. Wolfe, “The Art and Science of Planning at the Business Unit Level” Management Science (1985): 773-781
	C.S. Greene & P. Miesing, “Public Policy, Technology, and Ethics: Marketing Decisions for NASA’s Space Shuttle” Journal of Marketing (1984): 56-67
	Miscellaneous Interviews: “Plan Tomorrow’s Scenario Today” Inside Supply Management (Feb. 2011) | “Succession planning: an unpleasant topic, but a necessity“ Capital District Business Review (April 2, 2010) | “Lottery fortune comes with share of pitfalls” (6/28/2009 | “Students look to get ahead by learning Chinese” WNYT - Albany (10/5/07) | “In the boardroom, and on the spot” Albany Times Union (7/22/2007) | “Companies take closer look at ethical standards” Legislative Gazette (4/11/2005) | “It’s a Heckuva Time to Be Dropping Business Ethics Courses: MBA programs are downsizing ethics requirements at precisely the wrong time” Business Ethics (Fall 2003) | “Conduct’s now part of the curriculum” InvestmentNews (9/30/2002) | “Words To Live By” Entrepreneur (9/1/98)
	“Financial Ethics” on WAMC’s Vox Pop (July 1, 2009)
	“Business in China” interview by Kelly Stevens on WROW (August 2005) parts 1, 2, 3, 4 (requires Player)
	PBS affiliate “Business Ethics” interview in 1985 (requires Player)

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Click here to read about some ways I assist top executives with developing a planning framework

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