FACULTY STAFF

Profile

Qualifications

BA, PhD in Chemistry, Cambridge
MA (Econ) Manchester
MA (Cantab) in Natural Sciences, Cambridge
Member of the Institute of Quality Assurance

Experience

1996 to-date Lecturer in Economics, Leeds University Business School
1994-1996 Research Fellow in Managerial Economics, Bradford University Management Centre
1989-1994 Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Salford
1988-1989 Lecturer in Economics, Manchester School of Management, UMIST
1980-1986 Quality Manager then Technical Development Manager, Baxter Healthcare Inc, (Pharmaceutical Manufacture)
1976-1980 Production Manager with Unilever PLC (Detergent Manufacture)

Research

The economic theory of the firm and of organisation design. Theoretical work: the role of information and of incentives, trust and loyalty, with applications to organisation for quality management, the structuring of business processes and the management of knowledge within the firm. Empirical work: recently held a research grant ($68,500, with Professor Peter Buckley) from the Carnegie Bosch Institute for Applied Studies in International Management to examine knowledge management strategies of multi-national firms.

Teaching

Managerial Economics, MBA
Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy, Undergraduate Level 3
Economics of Industry, Undergraduate Level 1
Economics for Management, Undergraduate Level 1

Publications

Buckley, P.J. and Carter, M.J., "Knowledge Management in Global Technology Markets: Applying Theory to Practice", Long Range Planning, 33, pp.55-71, 2000.

Buckley, P.J. and Carter, M.J., "Managing Cross-Border Complementary Knowledge: Conceptual Developments in the Business Process Approach to Knowledge Management in Multinational Firms", International Studies of Management and Organization, 29, pp.80-104, 1999.

Carter, M.J., Casson, M. and Suneja, V. (eds.), The Economics of Marketing, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1998.

Buckley, P.J. and Carter, M.J., "The Economics of Business Process Design in Multinational Firms" in M. Ricketts and R. Mudambi (eds.), The Organisation of the Firm: International business perspectives, Routledge, London, pp.56-78, 1998.

Carter, M. and Greenwood, M.S., Business Economics: Concepts and Cases, International Thompson Business Press, London, 1997.

Carter, M., "Review of Jack Vromen, ‘Economic Evolution’" Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 153, pp.429-30, 1997.

Carter, M., "Information and the Division of Labour: Implications for the Firm's Choice of Organisation" in M. Casson (ed.), The Theory of the Firm, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp.267-79, 1996.

Buckley, P.J.; Carter, M.J., "The Economics of Business Process Design: Motivation, Information and Coordination Within the Firm", International Journal of the Economics of Business, 3, pp.5-24, 1996.

Carter, M., "Is the Customer Always Right: Information, Quality and Organisational Architecture", University of Bradford Management Centre Working Paper Series, 1996.

Carter, M., "Information and the Division of Labour: Implications for the Firm's Choice of Organisation", The Economic Journal, 105, pp.385-397, 1995.