Joseph R. D'Cruz

Bio

Joseph D'Cruz is widely regarded as one of Canada's leading academic experts in global business strategy and competitiveness. He is a frequent commentator in the business press and on TV/Radio on developments in industry. During the last several years, he has developed and led several executive education programs in health care at Rotman, including leadership programs for UHN, The Ottawa Hospital and St. Michael's Hospital. He is a Founding Co-director of Rotman's Advanced Health Leadership Program, an intensive three-week program aimed at developing the next generation of health leaders. He is the co-author of the Kodak series of studies on Canada's international competitiveness and winner of the Touche Ross Award for the best article in Business Quarterly entitled "The Globalization of Manufacturing" (with Professor Fleck). His latest book, Multinationals as Flagship Firms (with Alan Rugman) was published by Oxford University Press. He is the Academic Director of Rotman's Leading in the New World of Ophthalmology, which is fi nancially supported by Abbott Medical Optics.