David M. Brock is an Associate Professor at the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; and an International Research Fellow at The Novak Druce Centre for Professional Service Firms, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. He is a graduate of the University of South Africa, the University of Cape Town, and North Carolina State University. Prior to moving to Israel in 2002, David lived in Auckland, New Zealand, working at the University of Auckland Business School; and before that he studied and taught at North Carolina State University.

He is founding Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Professions and Organization (Oxford University Press) and currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Management Studies, Journal of International Management, and the International Journal of Emerging Markets. His research areas include planning in multinationals and their subsidiaries, global strategy, the international diversification of professional service firms, capability building in globalizing service firms, and institutional changes in the professions.

Working papers

What it takes to Succeed Overseas: A Study of Global Competencies and Capabilities.

Institutionalization and the professions: The case of the Israel accounting profession. 

Recent Journal articles

Brock, D. M. (2012). Building Global Capabilities: A Study of Globalizing Professional Service Firms, The Services Industries Journal, 32(10): forthcoming.

Brock, D. M., & Azar, O. (2012). The development of strategic management: Evolution of research topics and article characteristics in Long Range Planning and the Strategic Management Journal, Contemporary Management Research, 8(1): forthcoming.

Sharp, Z., & Brock, D. M. (2012). Implementation through interpretation: Strategic process in the VNPO. Administration & Society, in press.

Ralston, D., et al. (2011). An Exploration of Managerial Values in the Greater Middle East: Similarities and Differences across Seven Countries. International Business Review, in press.

Ralston, D., et al. (2011).  A 21st Century Assessment of Values across the Global Workforce. Journal of Business Ethics, in press

Aharoni, Y. & Brock, D. M. (2010). International Business Research:  Looking back and looking forward. Journal of International Management. 16(1): 5-15. doi:10.1016/j.intman.2009.12.002

Sharp, Z., & Brock, D. M. (2010). Strategic Invasion: Response of the Voluntary Nonprofit to Strategic Processes.  International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 18(3): 321 - 339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/19348831011062157

Brock, D. M., & Alon, I. (2009).  Internationalization of Professional Service Firms. International Business: Research, Teaching and Practice, 3(1): 52-71.
http://www.aibse.org/Journal/V3N1/Brock & Alon (2009).pdf

Ralston, D. A., et al. (2009). Ethical Preferences for Influencing Superiors: A 41-Society Study. Journal of International Business Studies, 40(6): 1022-1045.  http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v40/n6/abs/jibs2008109a.html 
 
Zeidman, N., & Brock, D. M. (2009). Knowledge transfer within multinationals and their foreign subsidiaries: A culture-context approach. Group and Organization Management, 34(3): 297-329. http://gom.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/34/3/297

Brock, D. M., Shenkar, O., Shoham, A., & Siscovick, I. C. (2008). National culture and expatriate deployment. Journal of International Business Studies, 39(8): 1293–1309. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400361

Brock, D. M., & Yaffe, T. (2008). International diversification and performance: The mediating role of implementation. International Business Review, 17(5): 600-615. doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2008.07.003

Azar, O. H., & Brock, D. M. (2008). A Citation-based ranking of strategic management journals. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 17(3): 781 - 802.  http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121378245/abstract

Yaniv, E., & Brock, D. M. (2008). Replication strategies, knowledge and attention: A study of coffee chains. International Journal of Service Industry Management, 19(3): 379-399.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Article&contentId=1729220

Brock, D. M. (2008). The reconstructed professional organization: A Reappraisal. Organization Studies, 29(1): 145-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840607086632

Brock, D. M., & Siscovick, I. C. (2007).  Global Integration and Local Responsiveness in Multinational Subsidiaries: Some Strategy, Structure, and Human Resource Contingencies. Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 45(3): 353-373. DOI: 10.1177/1038411107082278. 

Brock, D. M., & Yaniv, E. (2007). Knowledge is not enough: Organisational attention and replication strategies. The Service Industries Journal, 27(7): 831-847. DOI: 10.1080/02642060701570461

Brock, D. M., Powell, M., & Hinings, C. R. (2007). Archetypal change and the professional service firm. Research in Organizational Change and Development, 16, 221-251. doi:10.1016/S0897-3016(06)16007-3

Brock, D. M., Yaffe, T., & Dembovsky, M. (2006). International diversification strategies and effectiveness: A study of global law firms. Journal of International Management, 12(4): 473-489. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2006.08.003

Brock, D. M., Yaffe, T., & Dembovsky, M. (2006). The global law firm: An initial study of strategy and performance. International Journal of Business and Economics, 5(2): 161-172. http://www.ijbe.org/table%20of%20content/pdf/vol5-2/vol5-2-05.pdf

Brock, D. M. (2006). The changing professional organization: Reviewing evolving archetypes and typology. International Journal of Management Reviews, 8 (3): 157-174. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2370.2006.00126.x

Brock, D. M., & Powell, M. J. (2005).  Radical strategic change in the global professional network: The “Big Five” 1999-2001. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 18(5): 451-468.  http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/09534810510614940

Brock, D. M. (2005). Multinational acquisition integration: The role of national culture in creating synergies. International Business Review, 14(3), 269-288. doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2005.02.001

Brock, D. M. & Birkinshaw, J. (2004). Multinational Strategy and Structure: A Review and Research Agenda. Management International Review, 44 Special Issue (1): 3-14.