Dr Gary Bowman
Associate Professor
School of Management
College of Business and Law
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Gary Bowman is Associate Professor of Strategic Management at Adelaide University. He served previously as MBA Director in the Adelaide Business School (The University of Adelaide). His research and teaching sit at the intersection of international business, strategy, and risk, with a focus on how catastrophic events and natural disasters shape multinational enterprises’ governance and strategic decisions.
Dr Gary Bowman is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management at Adelaide University. He was formerly the MBA Director for the Adelaide Business School (The University of Adelaide) and Bond University in Queensland. Gary holds a MA(Hons) and PhD from the University of St Andrews (UK) in strategic management, specialising in scenario analysis and long-term strategic planning, and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge (UK) as the Cambridge–Singapore Risk Fellow where he modelled the socio-economic impacts of catastrophic events. His research sits at the intersection of risk, strategy, and international business, with recent work examining how natural disasters shape the governance and strategic decisions of multinational enterprises.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - 2025 | MBA Director | Associate Professor of Strategic Management | University of Adelaide |
| 2018 - 2022 | MBA Director | Associate Professor of Global Strategy | Bond University |
| 2014 - 2018 | Assistant Professor of Global Strategy | Bond University |
| 2011 - 2014 | Research Fellow | University of Cambridge |
| 2010 - 2011 | Teaching Fellow | University of St Andrews |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of St Andrews | United Kingdom | PhD | |
| University of St Andrews | United Kingdom | MA (Hons) |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Bowman, G., & Parks, R. W. (2024). Between episodes of strategy: Sociomateriality, sensemaking, and dysfunction in a scenario planning process. Journal of Business Research, 179, 114690. Scopus2 WoS2 |
| 2023 | Bowman, G., Foulser-Piggott, R., & Beamish, P. W. (2023). Natural disasters and MNE internalization: Reoptimizing subsidiary governance. Journal of World Business, 58(2), 13 pages. Scopus8 WoS8 |
| 2022 | Bowman, G. (2022). A timely (and timeless) blend of theory and practice: A commentary on Rowland and Spaniol (2021). FUTURES & FORESIGHT SCIENCE, 4(1), 3 pages. Scopus4 |
| 2020 | Bowman, G., & MacKay, R. B. (2020). Scenario planning as strategic activity: A practice‐orientated approach. FUTURES & FORESIGHT SCIENCE, 2(3-4), 1-11. Scopus11 |
| 2020 | Siegrist, M., Bowman, G., Mervine, E., & Southam, C. (2020). Embedding environment and sustainability into corporate financial decision-making. Accounting and Finance, 60(1), 129-147. Scopus58 WoS48 |
| 2020 | Foulser-Piggott, R., Bowman, G., & Hughes, M. (2020). A Framework for Understanding Uncertainty in Seismic Risk Assessment. Risk Analysis, 40(1), 169-182. Scopus18 WoS19 Europe PMC4 |
| 2019 | Achurra-Gonzalez, P. E., Novati, M., Foulser-Piggott, R., Graham, D. J., Bowman, G., Bell, M. G. H., & Angeloudis, P. (2019). Modelling the impact of liner shipping network perturbations on container cargo routing: Southeast Asia to Europe application. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 123, 399-410. Scopus43 WoS41 Europe PMC2 |
| 2016 | Bowman, G. (2016). The Practice of Scenario Planning: An Analysis of Inter- and Intra-organizational Strategizing. British Journal of Management, 27(1), 77-96. Scopus53 WoS38 |
| 2013 | Bowman, G., MacKay, R. B., Masrani, S., & McKiernan, P. (2013). Storytelling and the scenario process: Understanding success and failure. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 80(4), 735-748. Scopus71 WoS58 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Craig, J. B., & Bowman, G. (2021). Kemin Industries: A sustainable future in focus. In P. Sharma, & S. Sharma (Eds.), Pioneering Family Firms’ Sustainable Development Strategies (pp. 151-174). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI Scopus1 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Siegrist, M., Southam, C., Bowman, G., Wilson, S. A., & Southam, G. (2017). Analysis of the Potential for Negative CO<inf>2</inf> Emission Mine Sites through Bacteria-mediated Carbon Mineralisation: Evidence from Australia. In Energy Procedia Vol. 114 (pp. 6124-6132). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. DOI Scopus6 WoS7 |
International Business
Strategic Management
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | A deep examination of the synchronicity of CEO-CFO language and how it drives the market reaction | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Miss Lai Ngor Ng |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Leadership Resilience Mindset and Organisation Effectiveness: Evaluating Leaders in Christian Schools | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Dr Gerrit Johannes Nieuwenhoudt Roux |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Strategic Leadership in Governance | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Lorraine Caruso |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | A deep examination of the synchronicity of CEO-CFO language and how it drives the market reaction | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Ms Lai Ngor Ng |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Leadership Resilience Mindset and Organisation Effectiveness: Evaluating Leaders in Christian Schools | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Dr Gerrit Johannes Nieuwenhoudt Roux |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Strategic Leadership in Governance | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Lorraine Caruso |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - 2025 | Co-Supervisor | THE NATURE OF DEPENDENCE AND VARIABILITY OF CEOS’ TEMPORAL FOCUS AND THEIR EFFECT ON RISK-TAKING | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Miss Huiting Wang |
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