David Robinson

Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship

M.Sc.(Brunel University)
M.B.A. (Newport University)
PhD Philosophy (Rhodes University)
Fellow Australian Institute of Management
Certified Management Consultant

Dr. David Robinson has extensive experience working in manufacturing, training, industrial engineering, management consulting and general management. He achieved his academic qualifications through part-time study.

He has high level managerial expertise in operations and general management of the furniture, textile, pharmaceutical and packaging industries. Dave managed national research projects and large scale consulting assignments at the National Productivity Institute for 13 years. He was also CEO of Productivity Services International PLC, a management consulting and training company specialising in organisational and leadership development in corporate and entrepreneurial organisations. He also served as Deputy Chair on the board of the National Education and Employment Foundation (NEEF) in Australia.

Dave has lectured in South Africa (Rhodes), China (SJTU), Taiwan (NSYSU) and Australia (QUT and Bond). In 2003 he was coordinator of Entrepreneurship at the Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Queensland University of Technology and was Director of Research for 2 years. Currently he is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Bond University and Program Manager for B.Com. and B.Bus. undergraduate degrees. He is also Visiting Professor (International MBA) at the ANTAI School of Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and National Sun Yat Sen University in Taiwan.

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• Are traditional Western ethical theories still relevant in a cross-cultural and entrepreneurial business world?
• Assessing the team role preferences of would-be entrepreneurs
• Creating Disruptive Strategies For Small and Medium Businesses using the 'Terms' Technique
• Destiny: the reflections of a surfing professor
• Destructive leadership in family businesses: Modelling social exchange between generations
• Entrepreneurship as a Values and Leadership Paradigm
• Ethics beyond the code of conduct –understanding the ethical dilemmas of entrepreneurs
• Exploiting Market Opportunities and Conquering Threats using the Strategy Star technique
• Glimpses: a reflective look at life through a series of short stories.
• Global Leadership in a Culturally Diverse World
• How entrepreneurs deal with ethical challenges – an application of the Business Ethics Synergy Star (BESS) technique
• Keeping pace with change in SMEs: creating and maintaining congruence and consistency in SMEs in transition economies.
• Making Sense of Dollars and Cents: A problem-based learning entrepreneurial business management simulation
• Managing Ethical Dilemmas in Non-Profit Organizations
• Resolving Dilemmas in Closely Held Businesses
• Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Small Business
• The DaWei Laws
• The Ethical Orientations of Entrepreneurially-inclined Managers
• Why Orange doesn’t fit well inside Blue – can the corporate entrepreneurship oxymoron be tamed?