Dr David Sarpong
Divisional Lead / Reader - Strategic Management

Summary

I am a Reader in Strategic Management at the Brunel Business School (BBS). Prior to joining BBS, I was a Senior Lecturer in Strategy and International Business at the Bristol Business School, and the Course Director for the UWE Bristol MSc International Management programme. As a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the HSE Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies (2015-2017), I worked on Russia's Basic Research Program on Global Competitiveness at the National Research University in Moscow. I am Associate Editor for the Journal of Strategy and Management, and an Honorary Research Fellow (2019-2022) at the School of Management, IT, and Public Governance, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. As the Co-Convernor of the annual Doctoral Symposium of the British Academy of Management (BAM), I serve on the BAM Council Sub-Committee of Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building. I have authoured 80+ articles in refereed academic journals, conference proceedings, book chapters, and edited a book on strategic foresight and innovation management (Routledge). My research has appeared in journals such as: Work, Employment and Society, International Marketing Review, Journal of Business Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, R&D Management, Technovation, Production Planning and Control, European Urban and Regional Studies, and the International Journal of Human Resource Management.

Qualifications

• BA(Hons), PhD

Responsibility

•  Division Lead: Globalization, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy