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David Conklin

Professor, Business & Economics and Public Policy

Education

  • BA, Toronto
  • PhD, MIT

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Profile

David W. Conklin is a Professor of the Business, Economics and Public Policy area group at Richard Ivey School of Business. His courses focus on the ways in which the economic, political, social, and technological forces differ among countries throughout the world, and it analyzes business decision-making in the context of these forces. He has also taught in the Economics and Political Science Departments at UWO, and has been an Adjunct Professor in Social Science. Prior to joining the Ivey Business School, Conklin was employed in universities, research institutes, the civil service, small business corporations, and several government Task Forces and Royal Commissions. He earned a BA in political science and economics from the University of Toronto and a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Conklin's research work focuses on the interface between corporations and public policies. This includes work for governments in the design and enforcement of legislation and regulations, as well as consulting for corporations in influencing public policies and in complying with government legislation and regulations. He has been Director, UWO Office of the Institute for Research on Public Policy, and Director of the University of Western Ontario Centre for American Studies. Over the past fifteen years, he has published over 50 articles, over 100 cases and has written or edited over 30 books.

Teaching

  • Executive MBA Program

Selected Publications

  • The Global Environment of Business: New Paradigms for International Management, Sage Publications, 2011.
  • Cases in the Environment of Business: International Perspectives Casebook, Sage Publications, 2006.
  • "Risks and Rewards in HR Business Process Outsourcing," Long Range Planning, 38:6, December 2005, 579-598.
  • Using Countries as Cases: Designing a Course in Applied Macroeconomics," Journal of International Business Education, 2:1, September 2005.
  • Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions: A Response to Environmental Transformation," Journal of World Business, 40:1, February 2005, 29-40.
  • "Designing a New Course: The Global Environment of Business," Journal of International Business Education, 1:1, April 2004, 145-164.
  • Canadian Competition Policy: Preparing for the Future Conference Proceedings, 2001. (editor)
  • The New Telecom Paradigm: Policy and Regulatory Challenges Adapting to New Realities: Canadian Telecommunications Policy Conference. Richard Ivey School of Business, 1998 (editor and co-author).
  • Foreign Ownership Restrictions and Liberalization Reforms. Ashgate Publishing, 1997 (author).
  • The Economic and Social Environment for Tax Reform. University of Toronto Press, 1995 (co-author with John Whalley et al., ed. Allan M. Maslove).
  • Re-engineering to Compete: Canadian Business in the Global Economy. Prentice Hall Canada, 1994 (author).
  • Comparative Economic Systems: Objectives, Decision Modes, and the Process of Choice. Cambridge University Press, 1991 (author).
  • "NAFTA: Regional Impacts," in The Political Economy of Regionalism. Frank Cass & Co., 1997 (author, ed. Michael Keating)

Research/Course Development

  • Business-Government Issues
  • Adjustments to International Trade and Investment Agreements
  • The Changing Structures and Functions of Head Offices

Experience

  • Management and Government Consultant
  • Instructor, Canada's Foreign Service Institute, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (1991-2004)
  • Director, Centre for American Studies, The University of Western Ontario (1989-1991)
  • Research Co-ordinator and Director, London, Office, The Institute for Research on Public Policy (1986-1992)
  • Research Director and Executive Secretary, Ontario Economic Council (1982-1985)
  • Civil Service

Expertise

  • Global Environment of Business
  • Free Trade and Competitiveness
  • Managing Sustainable Development
  • Public Policy
  • Head Offices: Changing Structures and Functions
 

Research Links

  • Research Publications
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