Professor David Edgar

Professor of Strategy and Business Transformation

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Dr Edgar is Professor of Strategy and Business Transformation and member of the Department of Management at Glasgow School for Business and Society. His main areas of research and teaching are in the field of strategic management, specifically dynamic capabilities, business uncertainty and complexity, and innovation. He has worked with a range of organisations on Business Transformation projects in particular relating to e-Business strategies, innovation, and knowledge or talent management. David’s interest in innovation relates to innovation as an element of dynamic capabilities.

He has a wide range of academic experience from programme development to international collaboration and an excellent network of colleagues in both academia and industry.

Professor Edgar has successfully supervised 12 PhDs and currently has 9 more PhD students. He is currently on the editorial board of four journals and regularly reviews for a further seven. In addition, he regularly contributes to conference organising committees and acts as a reviewer for a range of conferences.

Specialisms & Interests

• Strategic envisioning and scenario planning
• Managing innovation and creativity 
• Strategy in complex environments/organisations
• Knowledge management and value creation in organisations
• Organisational competitive strategy in transitional economies

Consulting Projects

David’s consultancy experience is in the area of soft systems methodology, organisational analysis, managing innovation, business processes analysis and design, scenario planning and strategic planning/reviews. He has worked with a wide range of private and public sector organisations including NTL, Telewest, NHS, Local Councils, Aristo hotels, and IBM.

Current Research

David’s consultancy expertise is supported and complemented by his research interests into innovation, dynamic capabilities and strategy process. In recent years these have started to be contextualised around the strategic development of organisations in complex and transitional environments and has involved working with colleagues in a range of countries and industry sectors.

Professor Edgar is currently invovled in two EU funded projects, Success Through Succession (INTEREG IV) http://successthroughsuccession.com which provides support for family businesses with Succession Planning, and Kickstart II (Afla 2) which focuses on Innovation in Latin America http://www.alfa-kickstart.org

David’s most recent book is “Business Strategy an Introduction” (2011) (with Campbell, D; Stonehouse, G) Palgrave MacMillan, ISBN 9780230218581 see http://www.palgrave.com/business/campbelledgarstonehouse/

Professional Memberships & Activities

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Member of the Strategic Planning Society
• Member of the Institute of Management Consultancy
• Member of the Academy of Management
• Member of the Chartered Management Institute

Selected Publications

Prof Edgar's full list of publications including copies of articles is available via GCU's online Reseach Database at  http://works.bepress.com/david_edgar

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

• 2011    “An investigation of e-business risk in UK SMEs” (with Sukunar, A; Grant, K), The World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 7(4) pp 380-401
• 2011    “Dynamics of Industrial Consolidation: Mergers & Acquisitions in the Argentinean Electricity and Gas Sector” (with Petz, M; Temple, B; Maire, K-D), International Association for Energy Economics Energy Forum, Third Quarter, pp 35-37
• 2011    “Pre and post crisis analysis of the industrial consolidation in the Utilities sector” (with Petz, M; Temple, B; Maire, K-D), Journal of Business and Economics, 2(2) pp 92-112
• 2010    “Islamic Hospitality in the UAE: Indigenization of Products and Human Capital” (with Stephenson, M; Russell, K),  Journal of Islamic     Marketing, 1(1) pp 9-24
• 2010     “Informing UK Information Management Pedagogic Practice: the nature of contemporary Higher Education culture” (with Grant, K; Hackney, R), International Journal of Information Management, 30(2) pp 152-161
• 2010     “Industriekonsolidierung: M&A – Aktivitaten im lateinamerikanischen Strom- und Gassektor”(with Petz, M; Maier, K-D; Zettl, M; Temple, B) Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen, 59(12) pp 68-73
• 2009     “E-Commerce and Mobile Application in the Business Globalisation: E-Business, SMEs and Risk, towards a research agenda” (with Sukumar, A), International Journal of Management Innovation Systems 1(2) pp 1-19
• 2009      “Assessing the Role of Knowledge Management in Adding Value: Moving Towards a Comprehensive Framework” (with Ibrahim, F; Reid, V), Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 8(4) pp 275-286
• 2008      “A conceptual case based model supporting an SMEs strategic decision making” (with Wang, C ) ICFAI Journal of Business Strategy, V(4) pp 7-22
• 2008      “Guest editor : Management, Valuation and Controlling of Intangibles” (with Britzelmeir, B) World Journal of Management and Economics, 2(3) pp 1-2
• 2007      “A Study on Factors that  Affect the Adoption of Internet Banking by Retail Customers in Hong Kong” (with Yui,G and Grant, K ) International Journal of Information Management

BOOKS

• 2010      “Strategy and Information Systems Management: Priorities, Procedures and Policy”  (with Grant, K and Hackney, R) Thompson/Cengage ISBN 9781408007938

BOOK CHAPTERS

• 2009    Strategic Information Systems, Chapter 5 in Strategic Marketing Management: A Process Based Approach Thomson Learning, ISBN: 1844800008 (with Grant, K, Duncan P.B and Barlow, A)
• 2004    Reflection on the past, making sense of today and predicting the future of information systems,  9th Annual UKAIS Conference Proceedings (UKAIS), Annual Conference, 5th – 7th May 2004, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow. ISBN: 1-903661-56-0 (CDROM). (with Grant, K and Jordan, M)
• 2004    "Economics of Sport and Leisure”, Chapter in Sport and Leisure Operations Management. Thomson, London pp123-138 ISBN 1-84480-063-6

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS

• 2010         EBEEC, 7-9 May, Kavala, Greece “Clustering approach in Crete”, (with Yfanti, S; Temple, B; Sakkas, N; Vaivis, A)
• 2010         Rural Entrepreneurship Conference, Dumfries “Generation Y: Why we should look to society to understand the next farming generation” (with Smith, A; and Temple, B)
• 2010         Academy of World Business Marketing and Management Development Conference, 12-15 July, Finland “A case-based model facilitating “greening” of retailing operations: a proposed research agenda”, (with Wang,C; Chen,X; Moore, C; and Zhao, Y)
• 2009         ISLAE International Conference, 3-4 December, Glasgow “Revealing nuance in Entrepreneurial and innovative activity: A review of Regional Studies from Latin America and Europe”, (with Smith, A; and Temple B)
• 2009         32nd Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship Conference, 3-6 November, Liverpool “A Story Of Process: Exploring Social, Economic And Emotional Embeddedness In A Rural Business Venture”, (with Smith, A; and Temple B)
• 2009         NHIBE, 27-28 August, Greece “Outsourcing of Specialist Business Support Services: Discussion and Suggestions for Further Research on Make-or-Buy Criteria” (with Kapanen, A; Temple, B; Dressler, S)
• 2009         IAEE, 23 June, San Francisco “Profiles of Industrial Consolidation: M&A Activities in the Latin American Electricity and Gas Sector” (with Petz, M; Temple, B; Maier, K-D; Zettl, M)
• 2009         NHIBE, 27-28 August, Greece “Construction Clusters and Innovation in the Region of Crete” (with Yfanti, S; Temple, B; Nikolaos, S)
• 2009         IMECS, 18-20 March, Hong Kong “Exploring an Approach Enhancing the Area Experts’ Involvement in Layout Design and Improvement: an Empirical Experience” (with Wang C)
• 2009    IMECS, 18-20 March, Hong Kong “Exploring an Approach Enhancing the Area Experts’ Involvement in Layout Design and Improvement: an Empirical Experience” (with Wang C)
• 2008    EUROCHRIE, 12-15 October, Dubai “Skills Glorious Skills!’  A Critical Understanding of Key Competencies Required for the Emiratisation of the Hospitality and Tourism Industries”,  (with Russell, K and Stephenson, M)
• 2008    AMCIS, Toronto, Canada “Academic Capitalism: University agendas” (with Grant, K and Duncan, P)
• 2008    6th Rural Entrepreneurship Conference, Dumfries “Business sustainability, development and adaptation: lineage and the farm business” (with Smith, A)
• 2007    30th Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship Conference, 7-9 November, Glasgow “An Investigation of e-Business Risks in UK      SMEs”,  (with Sukunar, A)
• 2007    5th International Business Research Conference, 26-27 April, Dubai  “E-Business Risk – A Research Agenda”,  (with Sukunar, A)
• 2007    ECLO Conference, 31 May - 1 June, Glasgow  “Intuitive strategy in Learning Organisations”,