Staff Profile

Biography

 Prof. David Ahlstrom is a Professor in the Lee Shau Kei School of Business and Administration, Hong Kong Metropolitan University and was formerly with The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received a PhD in Management and International Business from New York University after having worked in government and the data communications industry for several years. Prof. Ahlstrom’s research includes managing in Asia, innovation and entrepreneurship, decision-making, and economic and firm growth. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed publications, and was awarded the Clarivate (formerly Thomson-Reuters) Highly Cited Researcher Award, given to professor / researchers in the top 0.1% of all researchers for having highly cited papers over the previous ten-year period (awarded 3 years running -- 2017, 2018, and 2019).

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Teaching includes: Innovation and entrepreneurship, Strategy and Strategic Leadership, Organizational Behavior. Research areas are Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Decision-making, Economic and company growth, Managing in Asia, Institutional Theory

Academic & Professional Experience

Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration, Department of Management, 10/2023-

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Management, 8/1996 – 7/2023

Georgetown University,  6/1997 – 7/2010 (Visiting Associate Professor, Georgetown – Asia Summer Program, Washington, DC)  

Instructor, New York University, Stern School of Business (New York, NY, USA), 1993-1996.

Assistant Professor, Mercer County Community College, Arts & Sciences Division (West Windsor, NJ,  USA), 1993-1996

   Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University, Rutgers School of Business (Camden, NJ, USA), 1988-1989

   Instructor, Peirce College (Philadelphia, PA, USA), 1988-1989

   Marketing rep, Marketing manager -- Small Systems Group, Avant-Garde Computing (Mt. Laurel, and Honolulu, HI), 1982-1987

 

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Ciravegna, L. Ahlstrom, D., Michailova, S., Oh, C-H., & Gaur, A. 2023. Exogenous shocks and MNEs: Learning from pandemics, conflicts, and other major disruptions. Journal of World Business, 58(6), 1-10. Ahlstrom, D., & Wang, L. C. 2021. Temporal strategies and firms' speedy responses to COVID‐19. Journal of Management Studies, 58(2), 592-596. Ahlstrom, D., Arregle, J. L., Hitt, M. A., Qian, G., Ma, X., & Faems, D. 2020. Managing technological, sociopolitical and institutional change in the New Normal. Journal of Management Studies, 57(3), 411-437. Si, S., Ahlstrom, D., Wei, J., & Cullen, J. 2020. Business, entrepreneurship and innovation toward poverty reduction. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 32(1-2), 1-20. Peng, M. W., Ahlstrom, D., Carraher, S. M., & Shi, W. S. 2017. An institution-based view of global IPR history. Journal of International Business Studies, 48(7): 893-907.

Selected Professional & Community Services

Further Information

Link to Google Scholar page

Modified Date: 26 Oct, 2023
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