David Kunsch

Email: dkunsch.phd@ivey.ca

PhD Candidate (anticipated completion 2012),
Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University

MSc. (Wayne State University)

LLB (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University)

BSEE (General Motors Institute - now Kettering University

AREA OF CONCENTRATION

• General Management - Strategy, Corporate Governance

CURRENT POSITION

• Assistant Professor of Management - Bittner School of Business, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Strategy
• Corporate Governance
• Intersection of Business and the Law
• Corporate Deviance

PUBLICATIONS

Under Review:

• Kunsch, D., Schnarr, K., & Rowe, W. Glenn. "The relational effect of the rule of law: A comparative study of Japanese and South Korean foreign direct investment" Invited revise and resubmit, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, November 2011

Refereed Conference Proceedings:

• Kunsch, D., Rowe, W. Glenn & Schnarr, K. November 2011. "By any means necessary: The effects of anomie and control on illegal organizational activity." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Savannah, GA. This paper has been awarded the Best Doctoral Paper Award - Strategy, OB and International Business Division.
• Schnarr, K. & Kunsch, D. November 2011. "Board relationships and information flows: The importance of committee interaction in a Post-Sarbanes-Oxley world." Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Savannah, GA
• Kunsch, D., Rowe, W. G., & Schnarr, K. October 2011 “Do The Ends Justify The Means: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Illegal Organizational Activity” Presented at the International Business Ethics Conference, New York, NY
• Schnarr, K. & Kunsch, D. November 2011. "A brave new world: Committee member prominence in an "evolved" corporate governance environment." Presented at the Doctoral/Early Faculty Workshop, Strategic Management Society, Miami, FL
• Kunsch, D. 2010. "Board complexity and firm diversity: Match making and performance" Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Annual Conference, Regina, Canada
• Kunsch, D. & Rowe, W. G. 2009. "Japanese FDI and the rule of law" Proceedings of the Southern Management Association Annual Conference, Ashville, NC
• Kunsch, D. 2009. "Can judgment be taught in business schools? Lessons from ethics"Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Annual Conference, Niagara Falls, Canada
• Kunsch, D. & Rowe, W. G. 2008. "Why corporate illegal activity is caused by a lack of attention"Proceedings of the Southern Management Association Annual Conference, St. Petersburg, FL

Non-Peer Reviewed Articles:

• Kunsch, D. & Rowe, W. G. "Fire the Bum" Ivey Business Journal, Nov./Dec. 2008

Published Case Studies and Teaching Materials:

• Kunsch, D. 2009. BCE Inc. Bondholders vs. Shareholders, Supreme Court Showdown? Ivey Case #9B09N027 and Teaching Note under the supervision of Professor Stephen Foerster
• Kunsch, D. 2009. Teaching Note for BCE Inc.,: Facing the Future. Ivey Case #9B09N015 under the supervision of Professors Stephen Foerster and W. Glenn Rowe
• Kunsch, D. & Rowe, W. G. 2008. Teaching Note for Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law and the Embezzlement of NT#3 Billion by Eddie Liu (A) and (B). Ivey Case #8B08M79 under the supervision of Professors Yeong-Yun Chiang and W. Glenn Rowe
• Kunsch, D. & Riaz, S. 2008. Teaching Note for Strategic Leadership at Coca-Cola: The Real Thing. Ivey Case #9B08M040 under the supervision of Professor W. Glenn Rowe

Working Papers:

• Kunsch, D. & Schnarr, K. "When matchmaking results in better performance: The contingency relationship between firm diversification and Board structure." (Targeted for submission to Organization Studies)
• Schnarr, K. & Kunsch, D. "Control in the third sector: Re-visioning the agency problem in not-for-profit organizations" (Targeted for submission to Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly)
• Kunsch, D. "The best interests of the corporation: Dueling perspectives and the quest for alignment"
• Kunsch, D. "The attention based view of the firm and why firms break the law"

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Strategy (MBA), Bittner School of Business, St. John Fisher College, September 2011 - April 2012
• Strategy (Undergraduate), Bittner School of Business, St. John Fisher College, September 2011 - April 2012
• Business Law (eMBA), Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, May 2012
• Corporate Governance (MBA), DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, January - April, 2011
• Corporate Governance (Undergraduate), Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, January - April, 2011
• Strategy - Analysis and Action (Undergraduate), Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, January - April, 2011
• Strategy (Undergraduate), Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, January - April, 2010
• Corporate Governance (MBA), DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, January - April 2010
• Strategy (Undergraduate), Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, September - December 2009
• Guest Lecturer, Corporate Governance, EMBA, Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, 2009, 2010
• Guest Lecturer, Corporate Governance, MBA, Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, 2010
• Guest Lecturer, Criminology, King's College, Western University, 2010
• Guest Lecturer, Corporate Governance, Canada Revenue Agency, 2010

ACADEMIC SERVICE

• Reviewer: Corporate Governance: An International Review (Journal), 2011
• Reviewer - Strategy: Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2011
• Session Leader - Strategy: Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Regina, Canada, 2010
• Reviewer - Strategy: Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Regina, Canada, 2010
• Reviewer - Strategy and Entrepreneurship: Southern Management Association Annual Meeting, Ashville, NC, 2009
• Discussant - Strategy and Entrepreneurship Track (Alliances and Ties): Southern Management Association Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, 2008
• Reviewer - Strategy and Entrepreneurship: Southern Management Association Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, 2008

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2004-2007 Business Manager, Automotive Division, Corrosion Division, and Security Division, 3M Canada
• 2002-2004 Six Sigma Black Belt, 3M Canada
• 1999-2002 Senior Counsel, 3M Canada
• 1997-1999 Senior Counsel, Westcoast Energy
• 1990-1997 Attorney, Paroian, Raphael, Courey, Cohen, and Houston

BACKGROUND

David Kunsch has held senior roles in the legal, environmental, and business sectors for close to twenty years. David began his professional career as a litigation attorney specializing in corporate and environmental issues. Building on this legal experience and his background as an environmental engineer, he then moved to Westcoast Energy, serving as senior counsel with responsibility for their Eastern Canada operations.& Joining 3M, an international, multi-billion dollar corporation, David first served as in-house counsel for major sections of the company. As a result of his strong business experience, David was then asked to run marketing, sales, and technical groups in a number of divisions within the company.

David has led strategic planning and execution at the national and international levels, including mergers and acquisitions and divestitures. He has also been involved in many aspects of environmental and corporate legal issues, both in the prosecution and defence of environmental issues.