AProf Urs Daellenbach

Reader in Management,
Victoria Management School

Introduction

Urs Daellenbach has a background in Operations Research and completed his PhD in Strategic Management at Purdue University, in 1993. From 1992 to 1997 he worked in the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, before joining Victoria University in 1998.

He has taught courses in strategic management at the undergraduate, Master's and PhD levels. His current research interests focus on management of research organisations, productivity, corporate reputation, and uses of discretionary cash.

From 2006-2007, Urs served as Associate Dean (Graduate Studies and Research) for the Faculty of Commerce and Administration.

Research Interests

Corporate governance
Competitive advantage
R and D Management
Management control systems
Reputation

Qualifications

BSc(Hons), University of Canterbury, New Zealand

PhD, Purdue University, USA.

Publications and Presentations

Articles

Woiceshyn, J. and Daellenbach, U., 'Integrative Capability and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Oil Firms', Industrial and Corporate Change, 14 (2), 2005.

Daellenbach, U. and Davenport,S., 'Establishing Trust during the Formation of Technology Alliances', Journal of Technology Transfer, 29 (2), 2004, pp. 187-202.

Professor Sally Davenport (Author).

Rouse, M. and Daellenbach, U., 'More thinking about Research Methods for the Resource-Based Perspective', Strategic Management Journal, 23 (10), October 2002, pp. 963-967.

Schoenecker, T.S., Daellenbach, U. and McCarthy, A.M.,'As Característics dos Administradores e o Empenhamento na Inovação íçã', Comportamento Organizacional E Gestão, 5, 1 (1999), pp. 105-123.

Daellenbach, U., McCarthy, A.M, and Schoenecker, T.S., 'Commitment to Innovation: The Impact of Top Management Team Characteristics', R & D Management, 29, 3 (July 1999), pp. 199-208.

Rouse, M. and Daellenbach, U., 'Re-Thinking Research Methods for the Resource-Based Perspective: Isolating Sources of Sustainable Advantage', Strategic Management Journal, 20 (May, 1999), pp. 487-494.

Schoenecker, T., Daellenbach, U. and McCarthy, A., 'Factors Affecting an Organization's Commitment to Innovation', D. Moore (ed), Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (Vancouver, B.C, 1995), pp. 52-56.

Woo, C., Daellenbach, U. and Nicholls-Nixon, C., 'Theory Building in the Presence of 'Randomness': The Case of Venture Creation and Performance', Journal of Management Studies, 31, 4 (July 1994), pp. 507-524.

Woo, C., Willard, G. and Daellenbach, U., 'Spin-off Performance: A case of Overstated Expectations?', Strategic Management Journal, 13,5 (September 1992), pp. 433-447.

Daellenbach, H., Crosbie, P. and Daellenbach, U., 'An Integrated Management Programme for the Economic Appraisal of New Medical Technology in the Absence of Reliable Failure Data', National Contribution of New Zealand to the 12th IFORS Conference on Operational Research (Athens, Greece, June 1990) in Operational Research (Oxford, England, Pergamon Press PLC, 1990), pp. 239-248.

Daellenbach, H., Gillespie, W., Crosbie, P. and Daellenbach, U., 'Economic Appraisal of New Technology in the Absence of Survival Data - The Case of Total Hip Replacement', Social Science and Medicine, 31, 12 (1990), pp. 1287-1293.

Woo, C., Cooper, A., Dunkelberg, W, Daellenbach, U. and Dennis, D., 'Determinants of Growth for Small and Large Entrepreneurial Start-up', Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research (April 1989), pp. 134-147.

Book Reviews

Daellenbach, Urs S., 'Review of Jenkins, M. and Ambrosini, V. (eds), Strategic Management: A Multi-perspective Approach', International Journal of Production Research, 42, 11 (2004), pp. 2323.

Daellenbach, U., 'Strategic Management: A multi-perspective approach, Book Review, International Journal of Production Research', International Journal of Production Research, 42 (11), 2004, pp. 2323. Professor Sally Davenport (Author).

Davenport, S. and Daellenbach, U., 'Review of, OECD Proceedings of Innovative Networks - Cooperation in National Innovation Systems (2001)', R & D Management, 33, 3, (2003), pp. 342. Professor Sally Davenport (Author).

Books/Scholarly Editions

Daellenbach, U.S., Davenport, S.J., Doolin, B., Leitch, S., Lum, S., and Motion, J., Talking Biotechnology... Reflecting on Science in Society Conference Proceedings (Victoria Management School, Victoria University of Wellington, 2005).

Professor Sally Davenport (Author).

Davenport, S., U. Daellenbach, J. Davies, J. Butler, A. Pearson and D. Ball (eds), Proceedings of the R & D Management Conference 2001, on CD-ROM, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 7-9 February 2001.

Professor Sally Davenport (Author), Professor John Davies (Author).

Chapters

Daellenbach, U., McCarthy, A. and Schoenecker, T.,'Commitment to innovation: The impact of top management team characteristics', Chapter 12, pp. 263-272 in J. Storey (ed) The Management of Innovation, Volume II, International Library of Critical Writings on Business and Management, (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, UK, 2004).

Daellenbach, Urs S., McCarthy, Anne M. and Schoenecker, Timothy S., 'Commitment to innovation: the impact of top management team characteristics', in John Storey (ed), The Management of Innovation: Volumn II (Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2004), pp. 263-272.

Woo, C., Willard, G. and Daellenbach, U., 'Does Spin-off Performance Meet Investor Expectations?', H. Glass, B. Cavan and D. Willey(eds), 1994 Handbook of Business Strategy (New York, Faulkner & Gray, 1993), Chapter 4.

Conference Presentations

Campbell-Hunt, C. and Daellenbach, U.,'A Stakeholder Theory of Competitive Advantage', European Group for Organisational Studies Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 2004.

Davenport, S., Leitch, S. and Daellenbach, U., 'Balancing Interest and Identity: Adding the Issue to Stakeholder Mobilization Theory', Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference , (Puerto Rico, October 2004).

Professor Sally Davenport (Author).

Davenport, S. and U. Daellenbach, 'Cultures and Customers: A Stakeholder Perspective on the aftermath of a Technology-based Merger, IAMOT 2004, Washington, DC, April 2004. Professor Sally Davenport (Author).

Daellenbach, Urs and Davenport, Sally, 'Changes in organisation culture following mergers: A stakeholder perspective', Academy of Management Annual Conference, (Seattle, August 2003). Professor Sally Davenport (Author).

Daellenbach, Urs, 'What stimulates the "Gusher"? Explaining how and why organisations face extreme sales growth', 17th ANZAM Conference, (Perth, December 2003).

Davenport, S., Daellenbach, U., and Campbell-Hunt, C., 'Evolving Extreme Events in the Odyssey of Technology-Intensive Firms', European Group for Organisational Studies Conference (Lyon, July 2001)

Dr Colin Campbell-Hunt (Author), Professor Sally Davenport (Author).

Published Conference Papers

Riad, S. and Daellenbach, U., 'Revisiting Urgency in Merger Integration', in Graham Elkin (ed), Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (Dunedin, ANZAM, 2004), Cd-ROM, 17pp.

Dr Sally Riad (Author)

Short Articles

Davenport, Sally, Daellenbach, Urs and Davies, John, 'In this issue', Introduction to a special conference issue of R & D Management, 32, 3 (2002), pp. 177-178.

Professor Sally Davenport (Author), Professor John Davies (Author).