David Ford (marketing scientist)

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David Ford (born 1944) is a British organizational theorist, Professor Emeritus at the

International Marketing and Purchasing Group (IMP Group) in the mid 1970s. He is known for his work with Håkan Håkansson on business networks.[1][2]

Biography

Ford obtained his BSc in Mechanical Engineering at the

Uppsala Universitet, Sweden for developing "a worldwide system for improving the way companies interact with customers and suppliers."[3]

Ford started his academic career at the University of Bath as lecturer, and promoted to senior lecturer, reader and in 1989 Professor of Marketing. In 2008 he retired as Emeritus Professor, and became Affiliate Professor at KEDGE Business School in Marseille, France.[4] In 1976 he was co-founder of the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group (IMP group).[5]

Ford's research interests are in the field of "relationships between companies develop and how they can be managed effectively. It also involves issues of technological development within and between companies. I am currently working as part of the team on the "Newmark" project. This study is looking at ways in which complex networks of companies operate and how companies behave within them."[6]

Selected publications

  • IMP Group & David Ford (ed). Understanding business markets: Interaction, relationships and networks. London: Academic Press, 1990.
  • Ford, David, Lars-Erik Gadde, and Håkan Håkansson. Managing business relationships. (2003).

Articles, a selection:

  • Ford, David. "The development of buyer-seller relationships in industrial markets." European journal of marketing 14.5/6 (1980): 339–353.
  • Turnbull, Peter, David Ford, and Malcolm Cunningham. "Interaction, relationships and networks in business markets: an evolving perspective." Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 11.3/4 (1996): 44–62.
  • Håkansson, Håkan, and David Ford. "How should companies interact in business networks?." Journal of business research 55.2 (2002): 133–139.

References

  1. ^ Tomkins, Cyril. "Interdependencies, trust and information in relationships, alliances and networks." Accounting, Organizations and Society 26.2 (2001): 161-191.
  2. ^ Gummesson, Evert. "Relationship marketing in the new economy." Journal of Relationship Marketing 1.1 (2002): 37-57.
  3. ^ "Honorary degree for researcher who improved customer-supplier relations," Internal News, University of Bath, 25 October 2007.
  4. ^ DAVID FORD, Curriculum Vitae at kedgebs.com. Accessed 28.01.2015.
  5. ^ International Journal of Technology Management. Vol. 14, Nr. 5-8. (1997) p. 596.
  6. ^ David Ford - University of Bath at bath.ac.uk. Accessed 28.01.2015.

External links

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