Robert Mefford

Dr. Robert Mefford has been a distinguished professor at USF since 1985. Before coming to USF Robert worked all over the world. He has spent time in China, South Korea, and Denmark. Robert has also worked in various management development courses for executives from global companies such as, Hyundai Precision Industries, China Resources, Guangdong Enterprises, and other firms and universities under the auspices of USF and the UN. Robert is also passionate about international service; he spent two years volunteering with the Peace Corps in Bucaramanga, Columbia.

During Robert's career as an educator he has taught business courses at universities across the United States, from the U.C Berkeley Haas School of Business to Northeastern University in Boston. Internationally, he has taught at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. His research interests include lean production, exchange rate forecasting, behavioral finance, and ethics in global supply chains. Over the course of Robert's career his research has been published over 25 times in both national and international journals. His most recent article is titled, "Increasing Productivity in Global Firms: The CEO Challenge" and was published in the Journal of International Management. Robert is currently teaching "Systems in Organizations" at a graduate and undergraduate level.