Wade M. Danis

Assistant Professor

How To Reach Me

Office: Suite 1447, 35 Broad Street
Office Hours: Business hours
Email: wdanis@gsu.edu
Voice: 404/413-7281
Website: www.DanisStudyAbroad.com

Area of Expertise:  

Global strategy, international comparative management, international entrepreneurship, emerging markets.

Education:

  • Ph.D., Kelley School of Business, Indiana University (Strategy and International Business, 2000)
  • MBA, Stern School of Business, New York University (Management, Information Systems, 1993)
  • B.A., University of Vermont, (Psychology, 1986).

Courses Taught:

IB 8180 Comparative Business Systems; IB 8600 International Management; IB 8410/4410 Management in Transition Economies: The Czech Republic & Hungary (study trip)

HONORS, AWARDS AND COMPETITIVE GRANTS

  • 2007 Study Abroad Program Director of the Year
  • Business and International Education Grant Recipient: 2005, 2008
  • GSU Research Initiation Grant Recipient: 2005, 2008
  • Robinson College< of Business Summer Research Grant Recipient:  2008

Recent Publications

  • Kiss, A. & Danis, W.M. Forthcoming.  Country institutional context, social networks and new venture internationalization speed.  European Management Journal.26(6): 388-399
  • Ralston, D. et al.  Forthcoming.  Ethical preferences for influencing superiors: A 41 society study.  Journal of International Business Studies.40(6): 1022-1045
  • Johnson, K.L., Danis, W.M. & Dollinger, M.J.  2008.  Are You an innovator or adaptor?  The impact of cognitive propensity on venture expectations and outcomes.  New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, 11(2):  29-45.
  • Reynaud, E., Egri, C.P., Ralston, D.A., Danis, W., et al. 2008.  La Responsabilité Sociale de l'Entreprise à l'épreuve de l'Europe [Corporate Social Responsibility, Evidence from Europe].  Revue Française de Gestion [French Review of Management].  34(180): 109-130.
  • Petricevic, O. & Danis, W.M.  2007.  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Navigating a turbulent business environment. Thunderbird International Business Review. 49(4): 417-443.
  • Reynaud, E., Egri, C.P., Ralston, D.A., Danis, W., et al. 2007.  The differences in values between managers of the European founding countries, the new members and the applicant countries: Societal orientation or financial orientation? European Management Journal.  25(2): 132-145.
  • Danis, W. M., Chiaburu, D. S., & Lyles, M. A. 2006. A longitudinal study of entrepreneurs in a transition economy: When does competitive strategy matter most?  Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research.  Pp. 578-591.
  • Blumentritt, T.P. & Danis, W.M.  2006. Business strategy types and innovative practices.  Journal of Managerial Issues, XVIII (2): 274-291.
  • Shipilov, A.V. & Danis, W.M.  2006.  TMG social capital, strategic choice and firm performance. European Management Journal, 24(1): 16-27.
  • Danis, W.M. & Shipilov, A.V. 2004.  Business goals in market versus transition economies: An exploratory comparison of Hungarian and U.S. managers.  Thunderbird International Business Review, 46(3): 275-291.
  • Danis, W.M. 2003.  Differences in values, practices, and systems among Hungarian managers and western expatriates: An organizing framework and typology.  Journal of World Business, 38(3): 224-244.
  • Shipilov, A.V. & Danis, W.M. 2002.  Institutional Pressures and Business Goals: A Comparative Study of American and Hungarian Managers.  Journal of East-West Business, 8 (2): 63-84.
  • Danis, W.M. & Parkhe, A. 2002.  Hungarian-western partnerships:  A grounded theoretical model of integration processes and outcomes.  Journal of International Business Studies, 33 (3): 423-455.
  • Danis, W.M. & Shipilov, A.V. 2002.  A Comparison of Entrepreneurship Development in Two Post-Communist Countries:  The Cases of Hungary and Ukraine.  Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 7 (1), 67-94.
  • Hofstede, G. et al. 2002. What goals do business leaders pursue? A study in fifteen countries. Journal of International Business Studies, 33 (4): 785-803. (8th author of 17).
  • Furrer, O., Egri, C.P., Ralston, D.A & Danis, W.M., et al. (Forthcoming). Attitudes toward corporate responsibilites in western Europe and in central and eastern Europe. Management International Review
  • De Clercq, D., Danis, W.M. & Dakhil, M. (Forthcoming). The moderating effect of institutional context on the relationship between associational activity and new business activity in emerging economies. International Business Review, 19(1)

Bio

Wade M. Danis is an Assistant Professor in the IIB. He received his Ph.D. in Strategy and International Business from Indiana University.  Professor Danis’ research and teaching center on global strategic management, international comparative management, and entrepreneurship, especially in the context of emerging economies.  He has taught MBA and executive courses in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and has consulted for well-known organizations in both Europe and the U.S.

Professor Danis has published numerous international business articles in academic journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies, the Journal of World Business and the European Management Journal, and has been awarded several competitive research grants.  He is also an active member of the Academy of Management and the Academy of International Business.

In addition to serving on a number of committees at the Robinson College of Business, Professor Danis coordinates the Institute of International Business Research Colloquium series, which he founded in 2004.  He has also served as program director for the Czech Republic & Hungary annual study trip, which he established in 2005, and for which he was awarded the Study Abroad Program Director of the Year honor in 2007. 

Prior to joining the GSU in 2004, Wade served on the business school faculty of Marquette University.