Dave is an Associate Professor of Management at Marquette University. He earned his Ph.D. in strategy and entrepreneurship from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. He is a recognized expert on merger and acquisition performance, technology innovation and defense procurement with articles appearing in leading journals. A list of his publications can be found at www.drking.biz.
Merger and Acquisition
Performance implications of firm resource interactions in the acquisition of R&D-intensive firms (with Rebecca Slotegraaf and Idie Kesner), Management Faculty Research and Publications (2008)
We explore the role of resource interactions in explaining firm performance in the context of...
Reducing causal ambiguity in acquisition integration: Intermediate goals as mediators of integration decisions and acquisition performance (with Margaret Cording and Petra Christman), Management Faculty Research and Publications (2008)
Integration is a difficult process, but one that is vital to acquisition performance. One reason...
R&D Investment Level and Environment as Predictors of Firm Acquisition (with Michael Heeley and Jeffrey Covin), Management Faculty Research and Publications (2006)
R&D investments contribute to the development of firm technology resources, and the possession of such...
META-ANALYSES OF POST-ACQUISITION PERFORMANCE: INDICATIONS OF UNIDENTIFIED MODERATORS (with Dan R. Dalton, Catherine M. Daily, and Jeffrey G. Covin), Management Faculty Research and Publications (2004)
Empirical research has not consistently identified antecedents for predicting post-acquisition performance. We employ meta-analytic techniques...
Complementary Resources and the Exploitation of Technological Innovations (with Jeffrey Covin and W. Harv Hegarty), Management Faculty Research and Publications (2003)
Technological innovation often results when the resources of a small firm are combined with those...
Government Policy
Saavy Program Management, Management Faculty Research and Publications (2010)
A program manager’s performance often equates to the ability to influence others in getting something...
Analysis of Competition in the Defense Industrial Base: An F/A-22 Case Study (with John Driessnack), Management Faculty Research and Publications (2007)
Consolidation of the defense industrial base has led to concerns about whether enough competition exists...
The American Aircraft Industrial Base: On the Brink, Management Faculty Research and Publications (2006)
An article reviewing the decline in the American aircraft industrial base.
An Initial Look at Technology and Institutions on Defense Industry Consolidation (with John Driessnack), Management Faculty Research and Publications (2004)
Conventional wisdom holds that defense industry consolidation resulted from decreased defense spending. However, we maintain...
Innovation
Generating Opportunity from Uncertainty, Management Faculty Research and Publications (2009)
: Learning to deal with uncertainty makes organizations more robust. Leaders can take steps to...
Balanced Innovation Management, Management Faculty Research and Publications (2007)
The Department of Defense has demonstrated success in managing innovation. The military’s approach to innovation...
Personal Finance
The Impact of Augmenting Traditional Instruction with Technology-based, Experiential Exercise (with William Jennings), Management Faculty Research and Publications (2004)
Traditional instruction, under an experiential learning model, is neither the sole nor a sufficient means...
Strategic Asset Allocation for Individual Investors: The Impact of the Present Value of Social Security Benefits (with Steve Fraser and William Jennings), Management Faculty Research and Publications (2001)
This paper demonstrates the dramatic effect of social security wealth on individuals’ asset allocation. We...