Duncan Robertson CV / Vita
Personal Details
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Education/Qualifications
Saïd Business School & Christ Church, University of Oxford; 1998 – 2005
DPhil Management Studies, University of Oxford: The Strategy Hypercube: A Dynamic Model for Inter-Firm Competition and the Generation of Profit Landscapes in Turbulent Environments, supervised by Dr David Barron. External examiner: Professor Bruce Kogut (INSEAD).
ICAEW Chartered Accountancy (ACA) Examinations; 1995 – 1998
Qualified with KPMG London with first time passes.
Imperial College, University of London; 1991 – 1994
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Associate of the Royal College of Science (ARCS)
Physics: First Class Honours
Membership of Learned or Professional Societies
Chartered Accountant, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England & Wales (FCA); awarded August 2009; member since 1999
Chartered Physicist, Member of the Institute of Physics (CPhys MInstP)
Chartered Scientist (CSci)
Associate of the Royal College of Science (ARCS)
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)
Member, Academy of Management
Teaching
Outstanding MBA Teacher Award 2008/2009, Warwick Business School
Supervision
Post Doctoral Research Assistants
Dr George Mourani, Deutsche Bank & Warwick Business School
Mentor, Practice of Management, Full Time MBA, Warwick Business School
MBA dissertations supervisor, Warwick Business School
Formerly Examiner, University of Manchester BSc paper ‘Principles of Strategy’
Formerly MBA Dissertation Supervisor & Examiner, Oxford Brookes University
Research Grants
£0.25 million (with Professor Sandra Chapman, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, and Professor Edward Bullmore, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge), Cross-Disciplinary Feasibility Account to study Financial / Strategic Turbulence, 1 October 2009 for 18 months
Various Warwick Business School Research Development Fund Awards. Warwick Business School Departmental Publication Award (2009).
Santander Research Grant Fund, £2000
Book
Robertson, D. A. and Caldart, A. The Dynamics of Strategy (2009, 50% contribution), Oxford University Press. Published 1 October 2009.
Journal Articles
Robertson, D. A. and Fan, T. (Draft Completed), ‘Mutualistic Entrepreneurship: The Case of Facebook’
Robertson, D. A. and Fan, T. (Draft Completed ‘Voluntary Collaboration and Creative Software Development: the Case of Facebook Applications’
Robertson, D. A. and Collet, F. (Draft completed), ‘The Small and Not Small Worlds of Strategic Management’
Robertson, D. A. (Draft Completed) ‘A Dynamic Model of Inter-Firm Competitive Strategy’
Robinson, S., Kunc, M., and Robertson, D. A. ‘Strategy Simulation Models’, In Draft
Robertson, D. A. and Siggelkow, N. (Draft Completed), ‘The Value of Search and Change Capabilities: A Multi-Agent Simulation Model of Competition’
Robertson, D. A. ‘Natural Science Models in Management: Opportunities and Challenges’ (2008) (with Adrian Caldart, 50% contribution), Emergence: Complexity & Organization, 10(2), 61-75
Robertson, D. A. (2005, Invited Contribution) ‘Agent-Based Modeling Toolkits’, Academy of Management Learning and Education, 4(4), 525-527
Robertson, D. A. (2004, Invited Contribution) ‘The Complexity of the Corporation’, Human Systems Management, 23(2), 71-78, Special Issue: Corporation: An Intelligent Complex Adaptive System
Robertson, D. A. (2004) ‘Review of An Introduction to Multi Agent Systems by Michael Woodridge’, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 7(3)
Robertson D. A. (2003) ‘Agent-Based Models of a Banking Network as an Example of a Turbulent Environment: the Deliberate vs. Emergent Strategy Debate Revisited’, Emergence: A Journal of Complexity in Organizations and Management, 5(2), 56-71
This paper is on the syllabus of the University of Michigan Business School course CIS885 ‘Evolution & Complexity in Business Research’
Book Chapters
Robertson, D. A. (2005) ‘Using Agent-Based Models to Manage the Complex’, In: K. Richardson (Ed.) Managing the Complex: Philosophy, Theory, and Application, Greenwich CT: Information Age Publishing, pp. 419-432
Robertson, D. A. (2003) ‘The Strategy Hypercube: Exploring Strategy Space using Agent-Based Models, In: D. Hales et al. (Eds.) Multi Agent Based Systems III, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 182-192
Professional Development Workshops
Robertson, D. A. (2004) ‘Agent Based Models in the Teaching of Strategic Management’, Professional Development Workshop on ‘Teaching Strategic Management: Going Beyond the Case Method’, Academy of Management Conference, New Orleans LA
Conference Papers & Papers Under Development
Robertson, D. A. (2010) ‘Constructing Dynamic Networks and State Spaces from High Resolution Trading Data: Information Theoretic Approaches’ with Chapman, S. C., Nicol, R., and Towlson, E., 2nd Annual Complexity in Business Conference, Washington DC
Robertson, D. A. (2010) ‘A Dynamic Model of Inter-Firm Strategic Interaction: An Agent Based Model of Market Oriented and Customer Led Strategies’, 2nd Annual Complexity in Business Conference, Washington DC
Robertson, D. A. (2009) ‘Agent-Based Models and Strategic Management’, KeyNote presentation at the 51st Annual Operational Research Conference
Robertson, D. A. (2009) ‘A Dynamic Model of Inter-Firm Strategic Interaction: An Agent-Based Model of Market-Oriented and Customer-Led Strategies’, Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference, Atlanta GA
Robertson, D. A. and Collet, F. H. (2009, 50% contribution) ‘The Small and Not Small Worlds of Strategic Management’, Academy of Management Conference, Chicago IL
Robertson, D. A. and Fan, T. (2008, 50% contribution) ‘Mutualistic Entrepreneurship: The Case of Facebook’
Shortlisted, Strategic Management Society Conference Best Paper Awards
Robertson, D. A. and Fan, T. (2008, 50% contribution) ‘Mutualistic Interaction of Host and Entrepreneur: Entrepreneurial Genesis at Facebook, Paper Presented at the Academy of Management Conference 2008
Robertson, D. A. (2007) ‘Theoretical Clustering, Institutional Clustering, and Academic Social Networks: A Study of the Strategic Management Journal’, Paper Presented at the Strategic Management Society Conference 2007
Robertson, D. A. (2007) (with Terence Fan) (50% contribution), ‘Information Incompleteness, Opportunity Scanning, and Missed Opportunities for Entrepreneurs’, Paper Presented at the Academy of Management Conference 2007
‘How Different Exploitation Strategies Affect Firms’ Appropriate Balance between Exploration and Exploitation’ (with Dr Adrian Caldart and Dr Sotirios Paroutis), Paper Presented at the Academy of Management Conference 2007
Robertson, D. A. and Siggelkow, N. (2005) (50% contribution), ‘The Value of Search and Change Capabilities: A Multi-Agent Simulation Model of Competition’, Strategic Management Society Conference, Vienna, Austria
Shortlisted, Strategic Management Society Conference Best Paper Awards
Robertson, D. A. (2005) ‘A Dynamic Model Of Inter-Firm Interaction: An Agent-based Model of Market-Oriented and Customer-Led Strategies’, Strategic Management Society Conference, Orlando, FL
Honorable Mention, Strategic Management Society Conference Best Paper Awards
Robertson, D. A. (2004) ‘A Dynamic Model of Inter-Firm Competitive Strategy’, Academy of Management Conference, New Orleans LA
Robertson, D. A. (2003) ‘The Strategy Hypercube: Exploring Strategy Space using Agent-Based Models’, Academy of Management Conference, Seattle WA
Robertson, D. A. (2003) ‘Agent-Based Models in Management Research’, Academy of Management Conference, Seattle WA
Robertson, D. A. (2003) ‘Strategy in Turbulent Environments: Using Agent-Based Models to Explore Strategy Space’, Durham Business School Research Seminar, Durham UK
Robertson, D. A. (2003) ‘Agent-Based Models for Business Strategy: Exploring Strategic Space in Turbulent Environments’, Complex Adaptive Systems Group, Oxford UK
Robertson, D. A. (2003) ‘Strategy in a Turbulent Environment’ (Invited Speaker), IERC Researcher Dialogue, Cranfield UK
Robertson D. A. (2002) ‘Agent-Based Models of a Banking Network as an Example of a Turbulent Environment: the Deliberate vs. Emergent Strategy Debate Revisited’, Managing the Complex IV, Naples FL
Used in KAIST (Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Graduate School of Business MBA Strategic Management Course
Robertson D. A. (2002) ‘The Use of Physical and Engineering Frameworks to Study Turbulence in Business Environments’, Presentation to SocioPhysics, Bielefeld, Germany
Grant Applications
EPSRC ‘Promoting Cross-Disciplinary Research: Quantifying, modelling, parameterizing behavioural dynamics at the interface between the virtual and the real’ with Professor Sandra Chapman (Physics), £1.5 million, Autumn 2010
Singapore Ministry of Education, ‘Agent-based commodities trading simulation with imperfect real-world constraints’, named on a proposal by Dr Bernard Lee and Dr Shih-Fen Cheng, Singapore Management University, S$0.6 million (£0.25 million)
EPSRC ‘Cross-Disciplinary Feasibility Account’ with Professor Sandra Chapman (Department of Physics) and Professor Ed Bullmore (Department of Medicine, Cambridge), £0.25 million
EPSRC ‘Energy Challenges for Complexity Science’, with Professor Tim Jones (Department of Chemistry) and Professor Robin Ball (Department of Physics), £1 million.
EPSRC ‘Fundamentals of Complexity Science’, with Professor Sandra Chapman, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, £1 million.
Research-Based Consultancy
Unilever plc, Social Network Analysis
Current Collaborations
Dr Francois Collet, ESADE
Dr Terence Fan, Singapore Management University
Professor Nicolaj Siggelkow, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Professor Chapman, University of Warwick & Professor Edward Bullmore, University of Cambridge
Dr Bernard Lee & Dr Shih-Fen Cheng, Singapore Management University
Administration and Other Service
Editorial Boards
Member, Editorial Review Board, International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management
Doctoral Theses Examined
Christopher Watts, Warwick Business School (External Examiner: Professor James Moffat, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory: dstl)
Administrative Positions
Research Training (Doctoral) Programme Co-ordinator (2005-2006), Warwick Business School
Member, Doctoral Programme Committee, Warwick Business School (2005-2006)
Practice of Management Mentor (2006-2008)
Internal Examiner, PhD viva, WBS (expected early 2009)
Membership of Research Bodies
Member, AIM (Advanced Institute of Management Research) Scholars’ Pool (2006 - present)
Membership of International Review Committees
Strategic Management Society, Conference Best Paper Practice Implications Prize
International Conference on Multinationals in China, Ministry of Commerce (Beijing) / Zhongshan University (Guangzhou), People’s Republic of China
21st Century Research & Technology Fund (The General Assembly of the Government of Indiana, USA), Invited Expert Referee
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Invited Referee
Invited Reviewer for:
Strategic Management Journal
Strategic Management Society Conference Best Paper Practice Implications Prize
British Journal of Management
Academy of Management Learning & Education
Human Relations
Journal of Business Venturing
Journal of Management and Governance
Emergence: A Journal of Complexity in Organizations and Management
Journal of Artificial Societies and Simulation
Journal of Simulation
Journal of Intelligent Systems
Academy of Management Conferences (Business Policy and Strategy,& OMT Divisions)
Invited Keynote Talks
Keynote speaker, Operational Research conference ‘Agent-Based Models and Strategic Management’, April 2009
Keynote speaker, YOR16 conference ‘Agent-Based Models: An Emergent Technique’, April 2009
Invited Speaker, Centre for Research in Social Simulation, University of Surrey, UK
Media
Economist.com ‘All the World’s A Stage’ article, Solutions for the Digital Networked Economy, 2006
Other
Invited Panelist, ‘Operational Research and Strategy’, 51st Annual Operational Research Conference
Attendee, BPS Division Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management Annual Conference (2007)
Session Chair, Allying and Allying Well: Alliance Capability and Performance, Strategic Management Conference, San Diego CA (2007)
Invited Facilitator, Competing in High-Velocity Environments, Academy of Management Conference, Seattle WA (2003)
President, Graduate Common Room (MCR), Christ Church, Oxford (2000-2001)
Member, Board of Studies (now The Senate), Imperial College London (1993-1994)
Member, Executive Council, Imperial College Students’ Union (1993-1994)
Judge, Management Consultancies Association Awards (2007, 2008)
National & International Recognition
Shortlisted, Strategic Management Society Conference Best Paper Awards 2006, 2008
Honorable Mention, Strategic Management Society Conference Best Paper Awards 2005
Miscellaneous
Academic Employment History
Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, January 2005 – present
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management.
St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, 2010 – present
Lecturer (now Fellow) in Management Studies.
London Business School, 2007-2009 (& 2010)
Teaching on the PhD programme
Pembroke College, University of Oxford, 2007-2008
Lecturer in Management Studies.
Jesus College and Trinity College, University of Oxford, 2004-2005
Lecturer in Management Studies, College Advisor for MBA students.
Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, February – May 2005
Visiting Lecturer in Strategic Management.
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, June – August 2004
Visiting Scholar, Management Department. Invited by Professor Dan Levinthal. Collaborations with Wharton faculty including Dan Levinthal and Nicolaj Siggelkow.
Sun Yat-Sen University (中山大学), Guangzhou, China, March – April 2004
Visiting Professor, MBA Programme. Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University Business School was ranked first in the national assessment of MBA Experimental Colleges undertaken by the Chinese Government. Teaching core and elective courses to MBAs.
St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford, September 2003 – June 2004
The Queen’s College, University of Oxford, September 2003 – April 2004
University College, University of Oxford, September 2003 – April 2004
Lecturer, Management Studies. Responsible for setting and marking college examinations, admissions, co-ordination of tutorials, pastoral care. Teaching Introduction to Management undergraduate course.
Oxford Brookes University/Oxford Institute of International Finance, May 2004 –
Member of Associate Tutor Pool, Global Strategic Management MBA. Supervision and Assessment of MBA Dissertations.
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, 2003 – 2004
Teaching Assistant, and Member of Strategic Management Teaching Team, Strategic Management MBA, University of Oxford. Responsible for assessing students’ MBA Case Studies. Grading and feedback in individual sessions with students.
Christ Church, University of Oxford, Jan – Sep 2001; Apr. – Jul. 2002
Lecturer, Management Studies.
Keble College & Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, Oct. – Dec. 2001
Lecturer, Management Studies. Responsible for Management Admissions.
University of Oxford Saïd Business School, January 2001 – June 2003
Tutor, Strategic Management, Accounting.
Teaching Quality Assistant, responsible for reporting on faculty lectures and analysing student feedback. Oxford Brookes University School of Business, October 2000 – June 2002
Lecturer, Accounting, Finance.
Washington International Studies Council, April 2000 – April 2002
Tutor, Accounting, Finance, Marketing
Professional Employment
Barclays plc, London; July – September 2000
Responsible for corporate finance co-ordination for Barclays for a three-party joint venture between Barclays and another UK bank. Working to define the contractual and commercial basis and timetable for the transaction. Liaison with Corporate Finance, Commercial Contracts Legal, Group General Counsel’s Office, Purchasing, Regulatory and Taxation departments of Barclays. Co-ordinated the timetable between parties and assisted in the engagement of external lawyers. Liaison with directors of all three parties. Developed and defined the legal and commercial framework of the transaction.
KPMG Corporate Finance, London; August-September 1999, May-August 1997
Secondment to the Corporate Finance department whilst still under a training contract. Member of the Financial Mergers and Acquisitions group. Project management included: assistance on an offer to a Lloyd’s of London insurance syndicate; work for presentations to clients including Halifax plc; liaison with KPMG senior management and partners throughout various disciplines of KPMG.
KPMG, London; August 1995 – September 1998
Qualified as a Chartered Accountant with first time passes under a training contract with KPMG London. Member of the banking department within the Financial Business Unit. Clients included Citibank, Hambros, Fimat Futures, United Mizrahi Bank, DKB International. Assignments include statutory audit, reports to the Securities and Futures Authority, and reports to the Bank of England. Involved with Graduate Recruitment.
KPMG Peat Marwick, Christchurch, New Zealand, April-July 1995
KPMG Corporate Finance, Sydney, Australia; September 1994
KPMG Peat Marwick, Sydney, Australia; June-August 1994
During my year between University and KPMG London, I spent several months working for the Australasian offices of KPMG, in both the audit and corporate finance departments.
Academic Visits
2007, 2009 ESADE, Spain
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Singapore Management University, Singapore
2004, 2007 The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
2004 Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
2002 The Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Membership of Research Networks
Warwick Complexity Complex (EPSRC)
AgentLink (Agent-Based Computing, European Commission Network of Excellence)
CabDyn (Complex Networks, ESPRC & European Commission Proposal)
ESSA (European Social Simulation Association)
Exystence (Complex Systems, European Commission Network of Excellence)
NACSOS (N. American Association for Computational Social & Organizational Science)
Mosaic (Simulation, European Commission Network of Excellence Proposal)