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Douglas Reid

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Douglas Reid teaches and conducts research in business strategy at Smith School of Business, Queen's University. He is also cross-appointed as a faculty member at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Business, as he teaches in the joint Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA program.

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  • International Business

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Douglas Reid teaches and conducts research in business strategy at Smith School of Business, Queen's University. He is also cross-appointed as a faculty member at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Business, as he teaches in the joint Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA program.

At Smith, he has taught either strategy, strategy implementation, or global strategy in the undergraduate programs and in all of the MBA programs. As a researcher, Professor Reid specializes in studying intercompany alliance dynamics and large alliance evolution, drawing on an extensive single-industry database that he has compiled. He also has a research interest in cross sectoral partnering and pedagogy in management.

Among other places, Professor Reid’s research has been published in the International Journal of Management Reviews, and other work is presently under review at Financial Times Top 40 list academic journals. He has written a chapter on alliances for the book Managing for Success and also for the international magazine CIO Insight. Professor Reid has also written multiple op-ed columns on strategy issues for the Globe and Mail and the National Post, and has been extensively quoted in the international media on business alliance and other strategic management subjects. He has written several teaching cases, some of which have received national awards for excellence.

In 2005, Professor Reid was appointed as Distinguished Faculty Teaching Fellow in recognition of his accomplishments as an instructor in Smith programs and ongoing interest in improving the teaching of business. As such, he is presently investigating the application of problem-based learning techniques to teaching business in Canada.

Prior to entering the academic world, Professor Reid was vice president of an international consulting firm, handling corporate issues management in their Toronto and Ottawa offices. He has also worked for a former Premier of Ontario and as a Chief of Staff to a provincial Cabinet Minister. In 1990 Professor Reid founded a consulting company – still active - whose clients were drawn primarily from Canada’s technology industries.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto (Victoria College), an MBA from the University of Toronto (Rotman School), an MPA from Queen's University (School of Policy Studies), and a PhD from the University of Western Ontario (Richard Ivey School of Business).

Professor Reid recently concluded six years of service as a director of an Alberta-based energy company, and is also an active advisor to companies in Canada and the US.

Academic Degrees

Ph.D. Strategy and International Business
Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario (2006)
 
M.P.A. School of Policy Studies
Queen’s University (1996)
 
M.B.A. Rotman School of Business
University of Toronto (1993)
 
B.Sc. Victoria College
University of Toronto (1980)

Academic Experience

Smith School of Business, Queen's University
Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy (1998 - Present)
Assistant Professor of Strategy (1998 - Present)

Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
Instructor (1995)

Publications

Publications in Refereed Journals

Reid, Douglas. 2001. Alliance Formation Issues for Knowledge-Based Enterprises. International Journal of Management Reviews. With David Bussiere and Kathleen Greenaway.

Book Chapters

Reid, Douglas. 2008. Alliances and joint ventures – The role of partner selection from an embeddedness perspective. In The Oxford Handbook of Inter-Organizational Relations. Edited by Steve Cropper, Mark Ebers, Chris Huxham and Peter Smith Ring. With M. Tina Dacin and Peter Smith Ring.

Reid, Douglas. 1999. Rapid results yield stronger alliances. In Fleck, Monica (editor), Managing for Success. Harper Collins.

Book Reviews

Reid, Douglas. 2003. Review of Denise Dahlhoff, Marketing-Related Motives in Mergers & Acquisitions (2002, Deutscher Universitats-Verlag). Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science.

Other Publications

Reid, Douglas. 2006. Shaping Up: A Customer-Focused Fitness Test. FlightPlan, Spring. Air Transport Association of Canada

Reid, Douglas. 2004. How to Form a Strategic Alliance. ExportWise. Export Development Corporation of Canada.

Reid, Douglas. 2004. Alliances that Endure. Executive, Vol. 1 (1), Core Publishing.

Reid, Douglas. 2003. Managing for Growth: Enabling Sustainable Success in Canadian

SMEs. Study sponsored by the Canadian Manufacturers' and Exporters Association, and the Royal Bank. Queen’s Centre for Enterprise Development.

Reid, Douglas. 2002. A CIO’s Guide to Forming a Strategic Alliance. CIO Insight, March.

Reid, Douglas. 2000. Creating Wealth in the Knowledge Economy. Queen’s Centre for Knowledge-Based Enterprises. With Marc Busch.

Reid, Douglas. 1998. Rapid Results Yield Stronger Alliances. The Globe & Mail, Managing for Success series: January 9, p. C2.

In the Media: Newspaper Articles

2004, Wings of Wax (book review of Air Monopoly – National Post, April 24)

2003, Air Canada flies to Bailout City (National Post, February 7)

2002, BCE’s Future Depends on its Ability to copy GE (National Post – April 26).

2002, New Routes for Global Aviation (National Post – February 9).

2001, Canada doesn’t need a Flag Carrier (National Post – October 10).

2001, Indigo and Future Shop both need an Exit Strategy (National Post – January 20).

1999, Free Markets for Air Travel (National Post – December 11).

1999, Air Canada plus Canadian doesn’t equal value (National Post – October 18).

1999, Onex deal a bold attack in a war of air alliances (National Post – October 4).

1999, Canada’s Airlines and the M Word (Globe and Mail – September 27).

Teaching

Teaching Cases Written

  • Jim McAllister at Novartis Animal Health
  • Woodbridge Foam: The Brazilian Alliance
  • The Ontario Building Code
  • Alf’s Donuts
  • Interface Flooring A and B (with Jeffery Collins – won Honourable Mention award at the 2001 ASAC Conference).
  • R-M Trust (won Honourable Mention award at 1997 ASAC Conference)
  • A Note on the U.S. Cable TV Industry (also published in K. Neupert and J.N. Fry, Cases for Contemporary Strategy Analysis, 1996 edition, Blackwell Business)
  • P.T. Sekbang Life [Indonesia] The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (also published in S. Rahnema, Organization Structure: A Systemic Approach, 1992, McGraw-Hill Ryerson)

Research

Research Underway

Managing analytics. Research underway. 

Multipartner alliance evolution. This study is a quantitative study of airline alliance evolution over 25 years using a near-census of industry data.

Presentations

Invited Presentations

2009, Learning Through Cases – Adventures in Teaching Symposium, Queen’s University

2009, Learning After School: Keeping the Conversation Going Using Technology – Teaching and Learning Symposium, Queen’s University

2006, Efficacy and Adaptability of Government: The Post-Gomery Reality. Presentation given at the Annual Policy Weekend, School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University.

2006, Best of Times, Worst of Times, Panel presentation at the Spring Meeting of the Air Transport Association of Canada.

2004, Public-Private Partnerships: Public Administration in the Future. Presentation to the Canadian Centre for Management Development, Government of Canada.

2004, Entry Regulation in Global Aviation, Panelist and session moderator at the “Air Currents” policy conference, sponsored by Concordia University, Ottawa, January.

2003, Alliances in North American Business, Canada-American Business Council, Toronto, October.

2003, How to Build a Better Alliance, Keynote presentation at the 9th Annual Wisdom Exchange Conference (Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Innovation and Opportunity), Oakville, May.

2003, Building a Corporate Learning Strategy, Conference Board of Canada, Ottawa, March.

2002, Networks and Alliances, Queen’s Business Club (Ottawa), November.

2002, Networks and Alliances, Queen’s Business Club (Toronto), October.

2002, Alliances and Networks, Strategic Leadership Forum – Thought Leaders Luncheon, Toronto, October.

2002, What we Know About Alliances, Conference Board of Canada, Annual Alliances Conference, Ottawa, May.

2002, Alliance Measurement. Alliance Edge Roundtable. Queen’s Centre for Knowledge-Based Enterprises, Toronto, March.

2002, Networks and Venture Survival, Queen’s School of Business Research Presentation Series, Kingston, February.

2001, Strategic Planning and Strategic Thinking, Conference Board of Canada, Customer Service Network, Toronto, November.

2001, Strategic Alliances in the Technology Industries, Kingston Technology Council, Kingston, October.

2001, Ten Issues for the Future, CIBC Executive Breakfast, Scarborough, October.

2001, Alliances in Networks: What are “Friends of Friends” Worth? Alliance Edge Roundtable. Queen’s Centre for Knowledge-Based Enterprises, Toronto, September.

2001, Alliance frameworks, models and perspectives. Alliance Edge Roundtable. Queen’s Centre for Knowledge-Based Enterprises, Toronto, June.

2001, Alliance Measurement: An Updated Approach, Conference Board of Canada, Annual Alliances Conference, Ottawa, May.

2001, The end of E-strategy. Where do we go from here? From .com to .profit Conference. Queen’s Centre for Knowledge-Based Enterprises, Kingston, March.

2001, From Bricks to Clicks … to Bricks? From .com to .profit Conference. Queen’s Centre for Knowledge-Based Enterprises, Kingston, March.

2001, Alliance Measurement, Conference Board of Canada, Alliance Network Meeting, Toronto, March.

2000, Mergers and Acquisitions, Queen’s University Institute for Lifelong Learning, Kingston, February.

2000, From Alliance to Advantage Network, Conference Board of Canada, Annual Alliances Conference, Ottawa, May.

2000, Alliances: Why and How, Conference Board of Canada, Alliance Network Meeting, Toronto, October.

1999, Alliances and the Global Airline Industry, Invited Testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Ottawa, November.

Conference Presentations

Reid, Douglas, and Denise Stockley.  2014. Transforming faculty learning: Using service design methods to build the next-generation CTL.  Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Kingston, ON, June.

Stockley, Denise, and Douglas Reid. 2007. Implementing PBL in an undergraduate business course. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Edmonton, Alberta, June.

Reid, Douglas, and Paul W. Beamish. 2003. Building stable alliances: A dynamic approach. Strategic Management Society 2003 Conference.

Reid, Douglas. 2003. Network resources and alliance stability. Advances in Alliance Strategies: Second Annual Alliance Edge Conference. Centre for the Study of Knowledge-Based Enterprises, Queen’s University.

Reid, Douglas. 2000. E-Business – What skills do our students need? A strategist’s perspective. Information Resources Management Association Conference (IT education track), Toronto. With Kathleen Greenaway and Yolande Chan.

Reid, Douglas. 1995. The roots of firm migration: Why companies move. Presented at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference, Windsor, Ontario (Business Policy Division).

Reid, Douglas. 1995. A resource-based analysis of the Canadian telecommunications industry. Presented at the Telecommunications, Competitiveness and Public Policy Conference, University of Michigan.

Reid, Douglas. 1995. Ownership and control in Japanese joint ventures: A test using Hofstede's measures of cultural distance. Presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Seoul, South Korea. With Shigefumi Makino.

Conference Proceedings

Reid, Douglas. 1997. Applying Complexity Theory to the Study of International Business. Presented at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference (International Division), St. John’s, Newfoundland. (won Honourable Mention)

Reid, Douglas. 1995. Service Industry Multinationals and Strategy: A Transactions Costs Perspective for "Pure" Service Firms. Presented at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference (International Division), Windsor, Ontario.

Beamish, Paul W., and Douglas Reid. 1994. Business Journal Focus on China. Presented at the National Conference on Canada-China Business Linkages, sponsored by the Canadian Federation of Deans of Management and Administrative Studies, and the Canada-China Management Education Program, Phase II.

Awards

Fellowships

Distinguished Faculty Teaching Fellowship (renewal), Queen’s School of Business (2011)

Distinguished Faculty Teaching Fellowship (renewal), Queen’s School of Business (2008)

Distinguished Faculty Teaching Fellowship, Queen’s School of Business (2005)

Other Awards

Course Development Competition Award Winner, E2QUATE Project, Queen’s Centre for Teaching and Learning (2009)

Honourable Mention, Case Competition, ASAC (1997, 2000)

Honourable Mention, International Division, ASAC (1997)

Best Doctoral Student Paper, International Division, ASAC (1995)

Grants & Funding

Course Development Competition Award Winner, E2QUATE Project, Queen’s Centre for Teaching and Learning (2009)

Cross-Sectoral Alliances: An Inductive Study. Queen’s School of Business Research Grants Program (2003)

D.I. MacLeod Research Award, Queen’s School of Business (1999, 2000, 2001)

Research on the Creation and Management of High-Growth Companies. Wrote successful $1.5 million application for funding to ORDCF (1999)

Service

Professional Service and Affiliations

  • Academy of International Business
  • Academy of Management
  • Strategic Management Society
  • INFORMS
  • Institute of Corporate Directors