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David Levy, DBA

  • Chair, Management and Marketing Department, College of Management Professor of Management, Director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness
  • Telephone: 617.287.7860
  • Office Location: McCormack Hall, 5th Floor, Room 225

Areas of Expertise

Organizational Theory, International Business, International Political Economy

Degrees

DBA, Harvard Business School
MBA, Recanati Business School, Tel Aviv University, Israel
BSC, Manchester University (UMIST), England

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Levy, David L., Halina S. Brown, and Martin De Jong (Forthcoming, 2010) The Contested Politics of Corporate Governance: The Case of the Global Reporting Initiative. Business and Society
  • Levy, David L. (2008) “Political Contestation in Global Production Networks”, Academy of Management Review Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 943-962.
  • Levy, David L. and Maureen Scully (2007) “The Institutional Entrepreneur as Modern Prince: The Strategic Face of Power in Contested Fields”, Organization Studies Vol. 28, No. 7, pp. 971-991.
  • Levy, David L. and Peter J. Newell, Editors, (2005) The Business of Global Environmental Governance. Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press.
  • Levy, David L. (2005) “Offshoring in the New Global Political Economy”, Journal of Management Studies Vol. 42, No. 3. pp. 685-693.

Additional Information

Director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness

Courses Taught

Strategy, Business and Society, International Business, Multinationals and the Global Political Economy, Organization Theory

Research Interests

Business responses to climate change, Corporate political strategy, Development of renewable energy industry, Multinational corporations and global governance.

Professional Activities

Member of Academy of Management, active with the Critical Management Studies Interest group.
Member of International Advisory Board of the New Zealand Centre for Business and Sustainable Development.
Member of editorial boards of Organization and Environment, International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, and Critical Perspectives on International Business.
Member of Environmental Business and Technology Center, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Honors

2011 Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer Award [read news story]
2007-09 College of Management Leadership Fellow
2005 Best Paper Award from the CMS Division of the AoM
2005 Grant from NESCAUM to study business impact of RGGI
2005 Dean’s Award for Distinguished Research
2001 Grant from Mass. Technology Collaborative, Renewable Energy Trust Fund
2000 Dean’s Award for Distinguished Research
1999 Visiting Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1998 Research Fellowship, Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard University