Mathias Arrfelt

Mathias.Arrfelt@asu.edu
480-727-7515
BA
367A

W. P. Carey Management and Entrepreneurship

Clinical Assistant Professor & Associate Department Chair
Faculty
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
4006

WPC Management

Assistant Clinical Professor
Faculty
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
4006

Biography

Mathias Arrfelt is a clinical assistant professor and associate department chair in management and entrepreneurship with the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. His research focuses on behavioral, cultural, environmental, and learning related aspects of strategic decision making, including how these factors influence firm performance. As such, he examines issues related to executive compensation, CEO hubris, the capital allocation process, supply chain performance as well as issues related to managerial risk taking in organizations.

Professor Arrfelt joined ASU in 2008. His prior appointments included academic positions with Michigan State University and San Francisco State University. He also served with Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (New York, NY), was the head of Interest Rate Trading and deputy chief of Foreign Exchange Trading (1996-1999), vice president and chief dealer of Interest Rate Trading (1994-1996) and Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate Dealer (1991-1994).

CV

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Education

  • Ph.D. Michigan State University 2008
  • M.B.A. Fordham University 1995
  • B.A. Murray State University 1991

Publications

Representative Publications

  • Wowak, A.J., Mannor, M.J., Arrfelt, M. & McNamara, G. Forthcoming. Earthquake or Glacier? How CEO Charisma Manifests in Firm Strategy over Time. Strategic Management Journal.
  • Arrfelt, M., Wiseman, R.M., McNamara, G., & Hult, G.T.M. 2015. Examining a Key Corporate Role: The Influence of Capital Allocation Competency on Firm Performance. Strategic Management Journal, 36:1017-1034.
  • Arrfelt, M., Wiseman, R.M, & Hult, G.T.M. 2013. Looking Backward Instead of Forward: Aspiration-driven Influences on the Efficiency of the Capital Allocation Process. Academy of Management Journal, 56: 1081-1103.
  • Devers, C.E., McNamara, G., Wiseman, R.M. & Arrfelt, M. 2008. Moving Closer to the Action: Examining Compensation Design Effects on Firm Risk. Organization Science, 19: 548-566.   
  • Hult, G.T.M., Ketchen, D.J., & Arrfelt, M. 2007. Strategic Supply Chain Management: Improving Performance through a Culture of Competitiveness and Knowledge. Strategic Management Journal, 28: 1035-1052.

Courses

Summer 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
WPC 480Capstone Course
MGT 484Internship
Spring 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
MGT 303Honors Org Strategies/Leadersh
WPC 480Capstone Course
MGT 484Internship
Fall 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
MGT 303Honors Org Strategies/Leadersh
WPC 480Capstone Course
MGT 484Internship
MGT 493Honors Thesis
Summer 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
WPC 480Capstone Course
Spring 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
MGT 303Honors Org Strategies/Leadersh
WPC 480Capstone Course
Fall 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
MGT 303Honors Org Strategies/Leadersh
WPC 480Capstone Course
MGT 792Research
Summer 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
WPC 480Capstone Course
Spring 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
MGT 303Honors Org Strategies/Leadersh
MGT 459International Management
WPC 480Capstone Course
MGT 792Research
Fall 2015
Course NumberCourse Title
MGT 303Honors Org Strategies/Leadersh
MGT 459International Management
MGT 792Research
Spring 2015
Course NumberCourse Title
MGT 459International Management
MGT 792Research
Fall 2014
Course NumberCourse Title
MGT 459International Management
MGT 792Research
Spring 2014
Course NumberCourse Title
MGT 459International Management
MGT 792Research
Fall 2013
Course NumberCourse Title
MGT 791Seminar
MGT 792Research

Expertise Areas