I am interested in the use of data, particularly customer/consumer data, by organisations of all kinds; the analysis of “big data” to support decision-making and enhance strategic conversations; and the impact of data sharing and privacy on customer behaviours and new business models.

My research explores the use of strategy tools, such as scenario planning and visioning, during strategic conversations involving managers and other organisational stakeholders. In relation to mergers and acquisitions, I am also investigating the importance of corporate communications while the M&A deal progresses, and the factors that impact upon the success of the all-important post-merger integration phase.

Maureen Meadows is Professor of Strategic Management at the Centre for Resilient Business and Society (CRBS) at Coventry University. Maureen spent ten years at the Open University Business School, including five years as Head of Department for Strategy and Marketing, OUBS, and leader of the MBA module in strategic management. She was previously at Warwick Business School for thirteen years, where she directed the MSc in Management Science and Operational Research for five years.

Formerly Chair of the Special Interest Group in Strategy at the British Academy of Management (BAM), Maureen is now a Fellow of BAM and a Fellow of its Peer Review College. With a background in mathematics, statistics and operational research, Maureen has significant experience of working with customer data and analytics, both as a practitioner in the financial services sector and an academic. She has published on the progress and problems experienced by organisations working on strategic projects such as market segmentation, relationship marketing and customer relationship management.

She was a co-investigator on the Leverhulme-funded Project 'Taking Liberties?' concerning public/private blurring in the surveillance society, and she is currently a co-investigator on an EPSRC-funded project ‘Monetize Me? Privacy and the Quantified Self in the Digital Economy’.

strategic management; use of strategy tools; customer data, big data and data management; privacy and new business models; mergers and acquisitions