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Alfred A. Marcus is the Edson Spencer Professor of Strategy and Technology Leadership at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota and the Technological Leadership Institute. He has been on the faculty at the University of Minnesota since 1984.

Professor Marcus has helped to pioneer the study of the natural environment and business in business schools. Trained as a political scientist at Harvard and University of Chicago, he has written and edited many books on the topic, including Promise and Performance: Choosing and Implementing an Environmental Policy(1980), Reinventing Environmental Regulation: Lessons from Project XL (2002), Controversial Issues in Energy Policy (1992), The Adversary Economy (1984), Managing Environmental Issues: A Casebook (1992), 'Better Environmental Decisions: Strategies for Governments, Businesses and Communities and Managing Beyond Compliance: The Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Corporate Responsibility.

He has also worked on environmental and energy policy analysis outside of the academy, including a stint during the Carter and Reagan years at the Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers in Seattle, Washington, where he conducted and participated in many studies on the commercialization of alternative energy technologies and new energy saving technologies. After the Three Mile Island nuclear power accident he became involved in the work carried out by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the organization and management of nuclear power plants. Professor Marcus has written many academic articles relating to organizational safety in publications like the Academy of Management Journal, the Strategic Management Journal, and Organization Science.

Along with Paul Shrivastava, Mark Starik, and his former student Gordon Rands he helped to found and lead the Organizations and Natural Environment division of the Academy of Management. His work on business and the natural environment has influenced many scholars who have made their own contributions to this field including Magali Delmas, Sanjay Sharma, Mike Russo, Andrew Hoffman, Andy King, and Michael Lennox. Professor Marcus also teaches courses on this subject at the Technion in Israel and INCAE in Costa Rica.

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 '''Alfred A. Marcus''' is the Edson Spencer Professor of Strategy and Technology Leadership at the [[Carlson School of Management]], [[University of Minnesota]] and the [[Technological Leadership Institute]].  He has been on the faculty at the University of Minnesota since 1984.
-Professor Marcus has helped to pioneer the study of the [[environment]] and [[business]]. Trained as a [[political scientist]] at [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[University of Chicago]], he has written and edited many books on the topic, including ''Promise and Performance: Choosing and Implementing an Environmental Policy''(1980), ''Reinventing Environmental Regulation: Lessons from Project XL'' (2002), ''Controversial Issues in Energy Policy'' (1992), ''The Adversary Economy'' (1984), ''Managing Environmental Issues: A Casebook'' (1992), 'Better Environmental Decisions: Strategies for Governments, Businesses and Communities'' and ''Managing Beyond Compliance: The Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Corporate Responsibility''.
+Professor Marcus has helped to pioneer the study of the [[natural environment]] and [[business]] in [[business schools]]. Trained as a [[political scientist]] at [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[University of Chicago]], he has written and edited many books on the topic, including ''Promise and Performance: Choosing and Implementing an Environmental Policy''(1980), ''Reinventing Environmental Regulation: Lessons from Project XL'' (2002), ''Controversial Issues in Energy Policy'' (1992), ''The Adversary Economy'' (1984), ''Managing Environmental Issues: A Casebook'' (1992), 'Better Environmental Decisions: Strategies for Governments, Businesses and Communities'' and ''Managing Beyond Compliance: The Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Corporate Responsibility''.
 He has also worked on environmental and energy policy analysis outside of the academy, including a stint during the Carter and Reagan years at the [[Battelle Memorial Institute | Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers]] in [[Seattle, Washington]], where he conducted and participated in many studies on the [[commercialization]] of [[alternative energy]] technologies and new [[energy saving]] technologies. After the [[Three Mile Island]] [[nuclear power]] accident he became involved in the work carried out by the [[Nuclear Regulatory Commission]] on the organization and management of nuclear [[power plant]]s. Professor Marcus has written many academic articles relating to organizational safety in publications like the ''[[Academy of Management Journal]]'', the ''[[Strategic Management Journal]]'', and ''[[Organization Science]]''.