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  Joseph R. D'Cruz

Professor of Strategic Management  

Degrees
 
D.B.A., Harvard
M.B.A., Karachi
B.A., Punjab
Email  
Phone   416-978-4203

Blogs
Curriculum Vitae   View Curriculum Vitae

Positions Held

Academic Positions
1996-Present   Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management
2007-Present   Acadenic Co-Director, Advanced Health Leadership Program
2001-Present   Academic Director, Health Care Executive Programs
2003-2006   Murray B. Koffler Chair in Pharmacy Management, University of Toroto
2000-2002   Director, Aerospace Executive Management Program; Director, Police Leadership Program
1998-2001   Director, Global Executive MBA Program, Rotman School of Management
1996-1998   Director, Executive MBA Program, Rotman School of Management
1989-1992   Adjunct Professor, IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland
1988-1989   Visiting Professor, IMD (formerly IMEDE), Lausanne, Switzerland
1984-1985   Director of Strategic Analysis, Special Projects Office, Department of Regional Industrial Expansion, Canada (on leave from the University of Toronto)
1979-1984   Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, University of Toronto
1977-1979   Policy Analyst and Consultant on Special Projects, Department of Regional Economic Expansion
1975-1976   Research Associate, Harvard Business School


Non-Academic Positions
1972-1974   Senior Consultant, Micas Associates, Management Consultants
1971-1972   Export Manager, Clevedon Enterprises
1970-1971   Marketing Manager, PIPL Ltd.
1965-1970   Various consulting positions and Manager of Marketing Research Nasiruddeen and Associates Ltd., Management and Marketing Consultants, 1965-70

 


Selected Articles and Papers
  • "Management Development via Web-based Training," in Martin K. Welge, Karin Haaring and Annette Voss (eds) Management Development: Praxis, Trends und Perspektiven , Stuttgart, Germany: Schaaffer-Poeschel, 2000, pp. 241:253
  • "Key Success factors in Strategic Alliances between Canadian SMEs and US flagships," with Professor John Kirton, The Foundation for Canadian American Business Achievement, 2000
  • "Multinationals as Flagship Firms : Regional Business Networks," with Alan Rugman, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2000
  • "Partners Across Borders: The Five Partners Business Network Model," with Alan Rugman, International Management, 1:1, 1996, pp. 15-26
  • "Business Network Theory and the Canadian Telecommunications Industry," with Alan Rugman, in W.T. Stanbury (ed.) Perspectives on the New Economics of the Regulation of Telecommunications (Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy), 1996, pp. 63- 79
  • "Business Network Theory and the Canadian Telecommunications Industry," with Alan Rugman, in W.T. Stanbury (ed.) Perspectives on the New Erconomics of the regulation of Telecommunications Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1995
  • "The Strategy Toolkit: AC Matrix," with John Sinton, Toronto: Adddison-Wesley, 1995
  • "Internationalization and de-internationalization: will business networks replace multinationals?," with Alan Rugman and Alain Verbeke, in Gavin Boyd (ed.), Competitive and Cooperative Macromanagement: The Challenges of Structured Interdependence. Aldershot, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 1995, pp.107-128
  • "The Double Diamond Model: Canada's Experience," with Alan Rugman, in Michael Foster and Beryl Davis (eds.) Regions at the Crossroads: Strategic development Case Studies for the New Economy. Sydney, N.S.:University College of Cape Breton Press, 1995, pp. 35-57
  • "Strategic responses of Canadian Firms to Globalization," with Alan Rugman, in Denis F. Simon (ed.) Corporate Strategies in the Pacific Rim: Global vs. Regional trends , London and New York: Rutledge, 1995, pp. 135-165
  • "Internationalization and De-internationalization: Will Business Networks Replace Multinationals?," with Alan Rugman, in Gavin Boyd (ed.) Competitive and Cooperative Macromanagement: The Challenges of Structural Development Aldershot, U.K.: Edgar Elgar, 1995, pp. 107-128
  • "A Theory of Business Networks," with A. Rugman, in L. Eden, (Ed.) Multinationals in North America. (Investment Canada), 1994
  • "The Globalization of Manufacturing," with J. Fleck, Business Quarterly, Summer, 1994
  • "The Five Partners Model: France Telecom, Alcatel and the Global Telecommunications Industry," with A. Rugman, European Management Journal, March, 1994
  • "The Double Diamond Model: Canada's Experience," with A. Rugman, Management International Review, Vol. 33 Special Issue, 1993
  • "Developing International Competitiveness: the Five Partners Model," with A. Rugman, Business Quarterly (Listed in Top Management Abstracts, April 1994), Winter, 1993
  • "Business Networks for Global Competitiveness," Business Quarterly, Summer, 1993
  • "Playing the Global Game: International Business Strategies," in J. Dermer, (Ed.) Playing the Global Game: International Business Strategies in the New World Economic Order: Opportunities and Threats from Strategic Briefings for Canadian Enterprise Series, (Toronto: Captus Press), 1992, pp. 121-138
  • "Diagnosing National Industrial Portfolios," in The World Competitiveness Report: 1990, Geneva, Switzerland: World Economic Forum, 1990, pp. 235-304
  • "Comment: Strategies for Canadian Business," in A. Rugman, (Ed.) Research in Global Strategic Management., Vol. 1: 1990. International Business Research for the Twenty-First Century: Canada's New Research Agenda, (Greenwich: Jai Press), 1990
  • "Yankee Canadians in the Global Economy: Strategic Management of Canadian Subsidiaries of U.S. Multinational Under Free Trade," with J. Fleck, London, Ont.: National Centre for Management Research and Development, 1988
  • "Canada Can Compete! Strategic Management of the Canadian Economy," with J. Fleck, Ottawa: Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1985

Academic/Professional Service

Ongoing Frequent commentator in the Canadian National Press and electronic media on issues of Canada's international competitiveness
1995-Present Listed in Who's Who in Canada as an educator and expert on National Competitiveness
1989-1997 Area Coordinator for the Strategic Management Area, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
1992 Member of Steering Committee, The Prosperity Initiative -- Canadian Federal Goverment Commission on Canada's International Competitiveness
1990-1991 Member , ITAC a Consultation Group on Canada's International Competitiveness
1990-1991 Member of the Panel of Economic Advisors on their study of Canadian Competitiveness, Business Council on National issues
1989 Editor, Proceedings of the 1987 Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Policy Division

Honors/Awards

2002 Roger Martin and Nancy Lang Teaching Award for cumulative development of Executive Education at Rotman, Rotman School of Management
1994 Touche Ross Silver Medal Award for the Best of the Best in 30 Years of the Business Quarterly (with J. Fleck), Business Quarterly
1993 Member of the Steering Committee, Prosperity Initiative of the Federal Government
March 1992 Award for Teaching Excellence (first year) by the Graduate Business Council, Faculty of Management, University of Toronto
1990 Citation for the outstanding professor in Canada in research and teaching of the impact of globalization on businesses in Canada, Canadian Business
1987 Touche Ross Award for the Best Article in the Business Quarterly (with J. Fleck), Business Quarterly
1974 Best Student in the Doctoral Instruction Group of the DBA program, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School

Research and Teaching Interests

Teaches courses in Strategic Management, Industry Analysis, Country Analysis, Strategy Formulation, Strategy Implementation, Business Policy, Marketing of Natural Resources and International Business. Performs research in international competitiveness and heathcare strategy.

Other Information

Major current focus on executive education in healthcare and the publically funded school sector. Developed and delivered a number of major programs for these sectors.