Thomas Dalziel
Exec. Director UC Center for Entrepreneurship, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship & Strategic ManagementProfessional Summary
Dr. Dalziel is an experienced manager, management consultant, and entrepreneur who has served in over 40 industries and 13 countries with a strong track record of improving the performance of emerging and established businesses with revenues up to $6 billion. He has founded several small businesses and a nonprofit society. He has conducted leading-edge research on boards and top executives, corporate governance, IPOs, and strategic management resulting in dozens of presentations to business leaders and scholars in the US, Canada, and Europe, 2 Best Paper awards, and 20+ articles/chapters/conference papers. He has motivated, challenged, and taught hundreds of graduate and undergraduate students many of whom are now successful managers and entrepreneurs.
Contact Information
Phone:
513-556-7176
Fax:
513-556-5499
Teaching Interest
- Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management
Research Interest
- Advisory Boards, Boards of Directors, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance, Innovation, IPOs, Start-ups, Top Management Teams
Organization:
UC Small Business Institute
Title:
Consulting Engagement Supervisor
Organization:
Arizona State University
Title:
Research Associate & Instructor
End Date:
2005-12-31
Organization:
Title:
Entrepreneur & Management Consultant
End Date:
2001-12-31
Organization:
National Small Business Institute
Name:
2nd Place Specialized UG - National SBI Consulting Engagement Supervisor
Year Received:
2012
Organization:
Freedoms Foundation
Name:
Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education
Year Received:
2012
Organization:
National Small Business Institute
Name:
1st Place Overall UG - National SBI Consulting Engagement Supervisor
Year Received:
2011
Organization:
National Small Business Institute
Name:
1st Place Specialized UG - National SBI Consulting Engagement Supervisor
Year Received:
2011
Name:
Michael L. Dean EXCEL Undergraduate Teaching Award Nominee
Year Received:
2011
Organization:
UC College of Business
Name:
Westerbeck Graduate Award Teaching Nominee
Year Received:
2011
Organization:
National Small Business Institute
Name:
1st Place Specialized UG - National SBI Consulting Engagement Supervisor
Year Received:
2010
Name:
Harold J. Grilliott Award for Undergraduate Teaching & Service Nominee
Year Received:
2010
Name:
Michael L. Dean EXCEL GraduateTeaching Award Nominee
Year Received:
2010
Name:
Michael L. Dean EXCEL Undergraduate Teaching Award Nominee
Year Received:
2010
Organization:
University of Cincinnati
Name:
Senior Class Teaching Award
Year Received:
2010
Organization:
UC College of Business
Name:
Westerbeck Graduate Award Teaching Nominee
Year Received:
2010
Organization:
National Small Business Institute
Name:
2nd Place Comprehensive UG - National SBI Consulting Engagement Supervisor
Year Received:
2009
Name:
Harold J. Grilliott Award for Undergraduate Teaching & Service Nominee
Year Received:
2009
Organization:
Kauffman Foundation
Name:
Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Research Nominee
Year Received:
2009
Name:
Michael L. Dean EXCEL Undergraduate Teaching Award Nominee
Year Received:
2009
Organization:
University of Cincinnati
Name:
Senior Class Teaching Award
Year Received:
2009
Name:
Michael L. Dean EXCEL Undergraduate Teaching Award Nominee
Year Received:
2008
Organization:
University of Cincinnati
Name:
Senior Class Teaching Award
Year Received:
2008
Organization:
OMT Division, Academy of Management
Name:
Best Paper Award
Year Received:
2007
Organization:
Strategic Management Society Special Conference
Name:
Best Paper Award
Year Received:
2007
Organization:
BPS Division, Academy of Management
Name:
Best Reviewer Award
Year Received:
2007
Name:
Harold J. Grilliott Award for Undergraduate Teaching & Service Nominee
Year Received:
2007
Name:
Michael L. Dean EXCEL Undergraduate Teaching Award Recipient
Year Received:
2007
Organization:
University of Cincinnati
Name:
Senior Class Teaching Award
Year Received:
2007
Organization:
University of Cincinnati
Name:
Senior Class Teaching Award
Year Received:
2006
Organization:
ENT Division, Academy of Management
Name:
Best Reviewer Award
Year Received:
2004
Organization:
W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
Major:
Business Administration
Dissertation:
The influence of boards and top management teams on corporate entrepreneurship
Completed:
2005
Degree:
Ph D
Organization:
Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
Completed:
2000
Degree:
MBA
Organization:
University of Lethbridge
Completed:
1997
Degree:
BA
Organization:
University of Lethbridge
Completed:
1997
Degree:
Other
Published Contributions
Title:
An Integrated Agency-Resource Dependence View of the Influence of Directors' Human and Relational Capital on Firms' R&D Spending
Author(s):
Dalziel, Tom
Gentry, Richard
Bowerman, Michael
Gentry, Richard
Bowerman, Michael
Year Published:
2011
Publisher:
Journal of Management Studies
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
Governing Top Managers: Board Control, Social Categorization, and Their Unintended Influences on Discretionary Behaviors
Page(s):
295-310
Author(s):
Knapp, Joshua
Dalziel, Tom
Lewis, Marianne
Dalziel, Tom
Lewis, Marianne
Year Published:
2011
Publisher:
Corporate Governance: An International Review
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
Principal Costs in Initial Public Offerings
Page(s):
1346-1364
Author(s):
Dalziel, Tom
White, R.
Arthurs, J.
White, R.
Arthurs, J.
Year Published:
2011
Publisher:
Journal of Managemnet Studies
Title:
Initially Distracted: The Influence of Boards on Agency Costs in Initial Public Offering (IPO) Firms
Author(s):
Dalziel, Tom
White, R
Arthurs, J.
Hoskisson, R.
White, R
Arthurs, J.
Hoskisson, R.
Year Published:
2010
Publisher:
New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship: Recognizing, Seizing, and Executing
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
Agency Theory and the Effects of Cognitive Social Categorization
Author(s):
Dalziel, Tom
Knapp, Joshua
Knapp, Joshua
Year Published:
2007
Publisher:
Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
Boards of Directors and Firm Performance: Integrating Agency and Resource-Dependence Perspectives
Page(s):
383-396
Author(s):
Hillman, A
Dalziel, Tom
Dalziel, Tom
Year Published:
2003
Publisher:
Academy of Management Review
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
• Decision Making in Family Firms: The Impact of Outside Advisors on Escalation of Commitment
Organization:
International Family Enterprise Research Academy
Location:
Palermo (Sicily), Italy
Year:
2011
Title:
Is committee selection an intelligent process? Committee experience and prior function fulfillment as antecedents of board appointments.
Location:
Rome, Italy
Year:
2010
Location:
Chicago
Year:
2009
Title:
Distractions, monitoring, and agency costs in the initial public offering
Location:
Babson
Year:
2009
Title:
Can Governance Mechanisms Interfere with Corporate Elites' Fiduciary Duties? The Case of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
Location:
Cologne, Germany
Year:
2008
Title:
Agency theory and the effects of cognitive social
Location:
Philadelphia
Year:
2007
Title:
The influence of TMT human and social
Location:
Philadelphia
Year:
2007
Title:
Too many masters? How governance mechanisms promote the wrong behaviors by agents in IPOs
Location:
Catania, Italy
Year:
2007
Title:
Directing entrepreneurship in corporations
Location:
Atlanta
Year:
2006
Title:
Leading transaction costs out? The influence of CEO leadership style on
Location:
Atlanta
Year:
2006
Title:
The influence of TMT human and social
Location:
Amsterdam
Year:
2006
Title:
The influence of boards and top management teams on corporate
Location:
Orlando
Year:
2005
Title:
The role of the board of directors in a firm’s
Location:
Seattle
Year:
2003
Title:
Boards of directors and firm performance: Integrating
Location:
Denver
Year:
2002
