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Mary Teagarden
Mary Teagarden
Professor of Global Strategy and Editor, Thunderbird International Business Review

Areas of Expertise

-Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation
-Global Strategy and Emerging Economies
-Strategic Human Resource Management and Strategic Alignment

Geographical/Political Areas of Expertise

China, India and Mexico

Language(s)

English (Native Speaker)
Spanish (Fluent)
French (Literate)
Chinese (Beginning)

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Business Administration-Strategy
-University of Southern California
B.S. Business Administration--Management
-California State University, Northridge


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Javidan, M., Teagarden, M.B. & Bowen, D. (2010) Making It Overseas. Harvard Business Review, April, forthcoming.

Teagarden, M.B. (2009) Developing Globally Competent Leaders with Global Mindsets. Concepts & Connections.

Teagarden, M.B. (2009) Cardinal Health Inc. (B). Thunderbird Case Series. (Case #A09-09-0002B and Teaching Note)

Teagarden, M.B. (2009) Cardinal Health Inc. (A). Thunderbird Case Series. (Case #A09-09-0001 and Teaching Note.)

Von Glinow, M.A. & Teagarden, M.B. (2009) The Future of Chinese Management Research: Rigor and Relevance Redux. Management and Organization Review, 5(1), pp. 75-89.

Teagarden, M.B. (2009) Learning from Toys: Reflections on the 2007 Recall Crisis. Thunderbird International Business Review, 51(1), pp. 5-15.

Teagarden, M.B. (2009) Mattel's China Experience: A Crisis in Toyland. Thunderbird Case Series. (Case #A07-08-0016 and Teaching Note.)

Teagarden, M.B. & Cai, D.H. (2009) Learning from Dragons Who are Learning from Us: Developmental Lessons from China's Global Companies, Organizational Dynamics, 38(1), pp. 73-81.

Teagarden, M.B. (2008) Creating the Future at Southwest Airlines. Thunderbird Case Series. (Case # A09-08-0014 and Teaching Note.)

Teagarden, M.B., J. Meyer & D. Jones (2008) Knowledge Transfer between High-Tech MNCs in China and India: Invisible Barriers, Best Practices and Next Steps. Organizatinal Dynamics, 37(2), pp. 190-202.

Stringfellow, A., Teagarden, M.B. & Nie, W. (2007) Invisible Costs in Offshoring Services Work. Journal of Operations Management, 26, 164-179.

Teagarden, M.B., E.A. Drost & M.A. Von Glinow (2007) Research Rigor in Large-Scale Cross-Cultural Research Projects: A Team-Based Approach. In L. Neider & C. Schriesheim (Eds.) Research in Management, Vol. 6, Charlotte, N.C.: IAP, pp. 81-99.

Teagarden, M.B. (2007) International Management. In S. Clegg & J.R. Bailey (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Teagarden, M.B. (2006) Best Practices in Cross-Cultural Leadership. In J.A. Conger & R.E. Riggio (Eds.) The Practice of Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Leaders, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 300-330.

Teagarden, M.B., Drost, E. & Von Glinow, M.A.(2005) The Life Cycle of Academic International Research Teams: Just When You Thought Virtual Teams Were All the RageHere Come the AIRTs! In D. Shapiro, M.A. Von Glinow & J. Cheng (Eds.) Managing Multinational Teams: Global Perspectives, Advances in International Management, Vol. 18, pp. 311-345.

Von Glinow, M.A., Drost, E. & Teagarden, M.B. (2005) Converging on IHRM Best Practices: Lessons Learned For Theory and Practice. In M. Losey, S. Meisinger & D. Ulrich (Eds.) The Future of Human Resource Management: 64 Thought Leaders Explore the Critical HR Issues of Today and Tomorrow. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.
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Teagarden, M.B. & M.C. Butler (2005) Human Resource Practices in Mexico. In L. Peters, S. Youngblood and R. Geer (Eds.) The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Human Resource Management. Oxford: Blackwell.

Teagarden, M.B. (2005) Winning the Oil and Gas Merger and Acquisitions Game. Chinese Entrepreneur Magazine, April, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China.

Teagarden, M.B. (2005) When is a Best Practice Not Best for Practice? The Advocate. May, Prague, Czech Republic.

Teagarden, M.B. (2005) Culture, Leadership and Organizations: The GLOBE Study of 62 Societies-review. In Academy of Management Executive, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp 162-164.

Rhyne, L.C., Teagarden, M.B. & Van den Panhuyzen, W. (2002) National Cultural Dimensions: Contrasting Influences on Firm Performance. Journal of High Technology Management Research.

Von Glinow, M.A, Teagarden, M.B. & Drost E. (2002) Converging on IHRM Best Practices: Lessons Learned from a Globally-Distributed Consortium on Theory and Practice. Human Resource Management, Special Joint Issue.

Von Glinow, M.A, Teagarden, M.B. & Drost E. (2002) Converging on IHRM Best Practices: Lessons Learned from a Globally-Distributed Consortium on Theory and Practice. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resource Management, Special Joint Issue, 40 (1).

Teagarden, M.B., M.A. Von Glinow, D. Bowen, C. Frayne, S. Nason, P. Huo, J. Milliman, M.C. Butler, M.E. Arias, N.H. Kim, H. Scullion & K.B. Lowe (1995). Toward building a theory of comparative management research methodology: An idiographic case study of the best international human resources management project. Academy of Management Journal, 38(5). In M Poole (Ed.) (2001) Human Resource Management: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management (Vol. II), London: Routeledge

Teagarden, M.B. (1998) Unbundling the intellectual joint venture process: The case of multinational, multifunctional interdisciplinary research consortia. Journal of Management Psychology, 13(4/4), 178-187.

Teagarden, M.B. & M.A. Von Glinow (1997) Human resource management in cross-cultural contexts: Emic and etic considerations. Management International Review, 37(1), 7-22.

Rhyne, L.C. & M.B. Teagarden et al. (1997) Technology-based competitive strategy: An empirical investigation. Journal of High Technology Management Research, 8(2), 187-212.

Teagarden, M.B. & M.C. Butler (1996) Human Resource Practices in Mexico. In L. Peters, S. Youngblood and R. Geer (Eds.) The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Human Resource Management. Oxford: Blackwell.

Teagarden, M.B., M.A. Von Glinow, D. Bowen, C. Frayne, S. Nason, P. Huo, J. Milliman, M.C. Butler, M.E. Arias, N.H. Kim, H. Scullion & K.B. Lowe (1995). Toward building a theory of comparative management research methodology: An idiographic case study of the best international human resources management project. Academy of Management Journal, 38(5), 1261-1287.

Rhyne, L.C. & M. B. Teagarden (1995) International technology-based competitive strategy: An integrative model. Journal of High Technology Management Research, 6(2), 187-212.

Paik, Y. & M.B. Teagarden (1995) Strategic international human resource management approaches in the maquiladora industry: A comparison of Japanese, Korean and U.S. firms. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 6(3), 568-587.

Teagarden, M.B., M.C. Butler, M.A. Von Glinow & E. Drost (1994). The best practices learning curve: Human resource management in Mexico's maquiladora industry. In O. Shenkar (Ed.) Global Human Resource Management. New York: McMillian.

Teagarden, M.B. & M.A. Von Glinow (1994) Beijing Jeep. In D. Braaten & R. Moran (Eds.) International Cases in Technology Transfer. Cambridge: Oxford University Press.

Teagarden, M.B. & G. Gordon (1994) Global human resource management: corporate selection strategies and the success of international managers. In J. Selmer (Ed.) Expatriate Management: New Ideas for Business. New York: Quorum Press.

Teagarden, M.B. & A. Branan (1994) Meeting the "IC" Challenge: Strategies for Business Education in the 1990s and Beyond. Resources in Education, July, 6-9.

Frayne, C., M. Geringer & M.B. Teagarden (1994) Self-management training and international joint venture general manager performance. In B. Shaw (Ed.) Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Teagarden, M.B. (1994). World Class Human Resource Management for World Class Manufacturing. San Diego Business Journal, San Diego, California.

Teagarden, M.B. (1994). No Fixed Address: Life in the Foreign Service--review. Journal of International Business Studies.

Teagarden, M.B., M.C. Butler & M.A. Von Glinow (1993) Capturing the competitive edge: strategic human resource management in Mexican maquiladoras. In T. Agmon & R. Drobnick (Eds.) Small Firms in Global Competition. Cambridge: Oxford University Press.

Teagarden, M.B., N. Adler, N. Boyacigiller & M.A. Von Glinow (1993) A Resource Guide for Internationalizing the Business School Curriculum: Organizati


RESEARCH

I currently have several research projects in progress:

-Offshoring of knowledge work.

-Knowledge transfer between China and India.

-Emergence of Chinese, and other emerging market multinationals.

-Talent development and Global Mindset linkages.

-Management of Innovation in China.

I am an active member of the GDW (Globally Distributed Work) Consortium.

I am an active member of the Global Mindset Project research consortium.

I am completing a book on Sustainable Development Strategies, and a second on technology and innovation.


AWARDS & HONORS

-HR Leadership Award, World HRD Congress (2009)
-Outstanding Faculty Award (1993, 1992, 1988) San Diego State University
-Pacific-Bell "Simply the Best" (1993)
-CIBER Research Fellow (1990, 1991)
-Presidential Fellow, Thunderbird (1993)
-Reconocimiento, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (1992)


PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

-Professor, Thunderbird (1996-present)
-Vice President for Academic Programs, Thunderbird (1999-2001)
-Professor, San Diego State University (1995-1996)
-Associate Professor San Diego State University (1991-1995)
-Assistant Professor, San Diego State University (1988-1991)
-Lecturer, San Diego State University (1985-1988)
-Lecturer, Univerversity of Southern California (1981-1985)
-Visiting Professor: Tirana University, Albania (1994);
-Visiting Professor: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico (1993);
-Visiting Professor: Centro de Ensenanza Tecnica y Superior, Mexico (1992-1996)

-Thunderbird International Business Review, Editor-in-Chief, 2006-present
-Journal of International Business Studies, Board Member, 2003-2009
-Multinational Business Management, 2009-present
-Leadership and Organization, Board Member, 2004-present
-Organizational Dymanics, Board Member 2000-present
-Journal of World Business, Board Member, 1998-present
-Thunderbird International Business Review, Board Member, 1998-2001
-Journal of International Management, Editor, 1996-1998
-Journal of Management Inquiry, Editor, Dialog, 1994-2000
-Journal of Management Inquiry, Global Voice, Board Member, 1993-1994
-Journal of Management Inquiry, Advisory Board, 1992-1993

-GlobalVantage-Director
-West Valley Child Crisis Center-Director 2006-2007
-4Stones-Advisor
-Huawei-Advisor Huawei University
-Career Educational Services, Advisory Board, 2009-present