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 the MBA Director at Adelaide Business School (The University of Adelaide) and an Associate Professor in Strategy. Gary has a MA(Hons) and PhD from the University of St Andrews (UK) in strategic management, specialising in scenario analysis and the application of scenarios to long-term strategic planning. His postdoctoral research, at the University of Cambridge (UK), where he was the Cambridge-Singapore Risk Fellow, focused on the socio-economic impact of catastrophic events. Prior to joining The University of Adelaide, Gary was at Bond University in Queensland where he was MBA Director, Associate Professor of Global Strategy, and led the Bond Business School’s research on Governance, Accountability and Purpose. He has extensive private and public sector experience, working on consulting and research projects for multinational enterprises (MNEs) across multiple industries and at various levels of government. Gary is an award-winning lecturer and his research, published in world leading journals, spans the fields of risk and strategy; his most recent work examines the impact of natural disasters on the governance and strategic decisions of MNEs.
| Year | Citation |
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| 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, 12 pages. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| 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. Scopus53 WoS46 |
| 2020 | Foulser-Piggott, R., Bowman, G., & Hughes, M. (2020). A Framework for Understanding Uncertainty in Seismic Risk Assessment. Risk Analysis, 40(1), 169-182. Scopus17 WoS16 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. Scopus41 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. Scopus52 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 Scopus5 WoS7 |
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 | 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 | Full Time | Dr Gerrit Johannes Nieuwenhoudt Roux |
| 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Strategic Leadership in Governance | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full 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 |