Marius Leibold: Curriculum Vitae


May 2015



CURRENT PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Jacobs University (Bremen, Germany)

Co-Director, WISE (enterprise Wisdom-Innovation-Strategy-Energy) Program; 2004 to current

Business School Netherlands (Buren, The Netherlands)

Adjunct Professor in Strategy and Innovation; 2000 to current

Development Strategies International (Pty) Limited

CEO/Owner: 2007 to current

Stellenbosch University (Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa)

Senior Professor of Strategic International Management: 1995 to current

Professor Emeritus, 2007 to current (eminent faculty and senate status)




PRINCIPAL FIELDS OF INTEREST/ EXPERTISE

1) Shaping executives' and managerial mindsets

2) Strategic innovation in collaborative networks

3) Leveraging individual and organizational talent in an era of digital economy transformation

4) New business models and organizational capability alignment in digital economy value networks




EDUCATION

1981    University of Stellenbosch (Stellenbosch, South Africa)

             Ph.D. (Strategy and Innovation)

1976    University of Stellenbosch (Stellenbosch, South Africa)

             M.Comm. (Strategy)

1974    University of Stellenbosch (Stellenbosch, South Africa)

             B. Comm. Honors




FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Academic Employment

1984-2006       University of Stellenbosch (Stellenbosch, South Africa)

                         Professor of Strategic International Management (tenured)

                         Head of Post-Graduate Students in Business Management

                         Management Committee Member of Bureau for Economic Research

1987-1999       University of Stellenbosch (Stellenbosch, South Africa)

                         Chair of Department of Business Management

1983-1984       University of the Western Cape (Bellville, South Africa)

                         Associate Professor

                         Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business

1974-1982       University of Stellenbosch (Stellenbosch, South Africa)

                         Senior Lecturer

                         Assistant Professor

Business Employment

1993-               Development Strategies International Pty Ltd. (South Africa)

                         Director

1972-1974       Denel Pty Ltd. (South Africa)

                         Financial Controller

1970-1972       W.R. Grace Ltd. (Africa)

                         Financial Controller

 

 




TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2004- current: Executive and Managerial Mindsets; Strategy & Innovation

2002- current: Strategic Management of Innovation

2002- current: Strategic Thinking and Complexity Management

2002- current: Advanced Strategic Management

1995-2002       Strategic Management

                       Undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate lecturing

1995-2002       International Business and Transnational Management

1986-1995       Marketing Strategy

1986-1995       Entrepreneurship

1986-1995       Retailing & Distribution Management




SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Best Recent Articles

    The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out by C. Christensen & H. Eyring (Review article). Academy of Management Learning and Education, 12(4),2013, 676-679 (with Sven Voelpel).

    Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter by G. Mukunda (Review article). Organization Studies, 33(12), 2012,1787-1794 (with Sven Voelpel).

    Managing the Aging Workforce: Status Quo and Implications for the Advancement of theory and practice, European Management Journal, Vol.26, No.2, 2008, 1-10 (with Christoph Streb and Sven Voelpel).

    The Tyranny of the Balanced Scorecard in the Innovation Economy, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol. 7, No. 1, January 2006, 43-60 (with Sven Voelpel, Robert Eckhoff and Thomas Davenport).

    Strategic Management and Organizational Learning: Developing Fit and Alignment through a Disciplined Process, Long Range Planning, Vol. 38, No.5, October 2005, 445-465 (with Michael Beer, Sven Voelpel and Eden Tekie).

    Escaping the Red Queen Effect in Competitive Strategy: Sense-testing Business Models, European Management Journal, Vol. 23, No.1, February 2005, 37-49 (with Sven Voelpel, Eden Tekie and Georg von Krogh).

Best Recent Books

    Managing the Aging Workforce: Challenges and Solutions, Publicis-Wiley, Erlangen & New York, 2006 (with Sven Voelpel).

    Strategic Management in the Innovation Economy: New Approaches and Business Applications, Publicis-Wiley, Erlangen & New York, 2006 (published November 2005; with Thomas Davenport and Sven Voelpel).

    Strategic Management in the Knowledge Economy: New Approaches and Business Applications, Publicis-Wiley, Erlangen & New York, 2005 (second edition) (with Gilbert Probst and Michael Gibbert). (First edition 2002).

Best Recent Business Strategy Research Investigations and Reports

    The Economic and Strategic Impacts of Deep Sea and Recreational Angling in South Africa, South African Deep Sea Angling Association, December 2007.

    Global Competitiveness Strategy for the South African Ostrich Industry, Report for the South African Ostrich Business Chamber, December 2004.

    Development of Human Capital for Global Competitiveness of the South African Wine Industry, Report for Winetech SA, January 2001.




VISITING & ADJUNCT PROFESSORSHIPS & RESEARCHSHIPS

2006- current:  Jacobs University (Bremen, Germany)

                         Co-Director: WISE Program

                         Adjunct Professor in Strategy and Innovation Management

2002- current:  Business School Netherlands (Netherlands)

                         Adjunct Professor in Strategic Management

2004                Harvard Business School (USA)

                         Visiting Researcher

2001-2002       University of St Gallen (Switzerland)

                         Visiting Researcher

1995                Old Dominion University (USA)

                         Visiting Professor

1993-               University of Cape Town (South Africa)

                         Visiting Professor

1990-1994       University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)

                         Visiting Professor

1982-1983       University of Mannheim (Germany)

                         Visiting Research Scholar

2001                California State University, Northridge (USA)

                         Visiting Professor invitation

2000                American University, Washington D.C. (USA)

                         Visiting Professor invitation




PH.D. DISSERTATIONS AND MASTERS THESES SUPERVISION

Supervisor of Ph.D. Dissertations and Masters Theses

1984-               Ph.D. dissertations: 10

                        Masters theses: 25

Co-Supervisor and External Examiner of Post-Graduate Examinations

2001-2004       University of St. Gallen

1993-               University of Cape Town

1990-1994       University of the Witwatersrand




INSTITUTIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

2000-2006       University of Stellenbosch

                         Board Member of Bureau for Economic Research

1987-1988       University of Stellenbosch

                         Chairperson of Department of Business Management

1991-1992       University of Stellenbosch

                         Chairperson of Department of Business Management

1997-1999       University of Stellenbosch

                         Chairperson of Department of Business Management

1995-1999       University of Stellenbosch

                         Director of Center for International Business

1984-1990       Institute for Applied Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch

                         Head of Unit for Marketing Studies

1983-1984       University of the Western Cape

                         Director of Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business

University of Stellenbosch

                         Member of the Strategic Purchasing Committee

                         Member of the Research and Publications Committee

                         Department of Business Management, Chairperson of the Strategic Planning Committee

                         Department of Business Management, Head of Post-Graduate Studies

                         Member of the Strategic Management Committee

                         Chairperson of Strategic Management and International Business courses

                         Chairperson of Entrepreneurship courses

                         Member of various Faculty Committees & Staff Recruitment Committee




EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

1995-2004       South African Journal for Arts and Science (South Africa)

1995-2000       Journal of Transnational Management Development (USA)

1990-2000       Journal of International Hospitality, Leisure & Tourism Management (USA)

1989-1999       South African Journal of Business Management (South Africa)

1990-1995       Journal of Teaching in International Business (USA)

1990-               Journal of Studies in Economics and Econometrics (South Africa)

1990-               Management Dynamics: Contemporary Research (South Africa)

1985-1995       Journal of Global Marketing (USA)




MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member of the Academy of Management (AoM).

Member of the Academy of International Business (AIB).

Member of the Academy of Marketing Sciences (AMS).

Member of the S.A. Institute for Management Scientists (SAIMS).

Member of the International Management Development Association (IMDA).




AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

Four international co-operative research awards for collaborative research programs with visiting scholars to South Africa, sponsored by the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa:

2005 & 2002   Prof. Sven Voelpel, Harvard University and Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany

2003                Prof. Victor Cordell, Monterey Institute for International Studies

1996                Prof. CP Rao, Old Dominion University

1995                Prof. Josh Samli, University of North Florida

1991                Prof. Erdener Kaynak, Pennsylvania State University

1989                Prof. Hans H. Bauer, University of Mannheim

Rector's prize for best researcher in Economics and Business Sciences, Stellenbosch University, 2005.

Nominated by Stellenbosch University for Bill Venter Literary Prize in the Humanities in South Africa, 2005.

Five international individual research awards of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa: 1982, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1997.

Best co-track award, Fifth Annual IMDA World Business Congress, Bermuda, July 1996.

Best co-track award, Fourth Annual IMDA World Business Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, July 1995.

Best paper award, Third Annual IMDA World Business Congress, Penang, Malaysia, June 1994.




INDUSTRY/BUSINESS CONTRIBUTIONS

1985- current

    Regular executive and managerial courses, workshops and seminars (see Company List: Major Consulting Assignments).

2003-2004

    Executive associate in developing a global competitiveness strategy for the South African Ostrich Industry.

2000-2001

    Development of a global strategy (Vision 2020) for the South African wine industry (strategic global wine industry comparative study).

1997-1998

    Participation in a U.S. insurance trade mission to South Africa, in cooperation with the International Insurance Council of Washington, D.C. and the Insurance Institute of South Africa, June-July 1997. 

1995-1996

    Preparation of a tourism policy and strategy for the Republic of South Africa.

1991

    Founding member of the Association of Community Tourism Marketing Organizations (ACTMO) in South Africa.

1990-1995

    Assistance to the South African Business Chamber in industry strategic analyses, and preparation of regional and international strategic plans.

1985-1995

    Board member of the Cape Town Tourism Authority (Captour) and  Western Cape Economic Growth Organization (Wesgro), and guiding the development of destination and marketing strategies.




COMMUNITY SERVICE OF SIGNIFICANCE

2005- current

    Investigation of the international competitive potential and strategies of various industries in Africa, New Zealand, Middle East and Europe: wine & liquor, textiles, chemicals, insurance, steel, ostrich meat & leather, fishing, food and tourism.

1997-2003: Facilitation of international trade missions to South Africa:

    1997:      US insurance industry.

    1998:      Chinese heavy manufacturing industry.

    2003:      New Zealand ostrich industry.

1985-

    Several practical policy studies and recommendations for civic organizations, NGOs and small business enterprises in South Africa.

1985-

    Strategic analyses and strategic planning documents for various country tourism destination organizations, for Oman, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa.

1983-

    Various short courses and workshops for development of entrepreneurship in the emerging (historically disadvantaged) communities of the Western Cape.

1983-

    Several presentations on "Doing Business in South Africa" for international investment groups.




ACADEMIC SERVICE OF SIGNIFICANCE

Member of executive team: developing Stellenbosch University Strategy Options and Business Plan, 1997-2010.

Chairperson of executive team: developing a five-year Faculty Business Plan, 2002 - 2006:  Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, 2002.

Member of committees: various University, Faculty and Departmental committees over a period of 20 years: research, marketing, purchasing, faculty appointments, industry-alliances, 1985-2004+.

Research grant evaluator: regular evaluation of research grant applications for the South African National Research Foundation, 1990+.

Researcher evaluator: regular evaluation of researchers for official researcher ratings for the South African National Research Foundation, 2002+.




MAJOR CONSULTING ASSIGNMENTS FOR BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Consulting expertise

            Development of corporate and business strategies.

            Facilitation of business model re-invention.

            Facilitating organizational innovation and restructuring.

            Development of strategic marketing plans.

            Strategic societal drivers and marketing impact research

            Facilitating new product and brand strategy development.

Major clients

            American Global Corporation, Virginia Beach, USA.

            BASF-Vitamix,  Germany & South Africa.

            Cape Metropolitan Council (CMC), Western Cape Province, South Africa.

            Collotype-Paarl Labels, South Africa.

            Department of Environment Affairs, Government of South Africa.

            Fortes King Hospitality Group.

            Helicopter Services Group & Court Helicopters, Norway and South Africa.

            National Monuments Council of South Africa.

            Protea Assurance Company Limited.

            Shoprite Holdings Limited.

            South African Airways.

            South African Ostrich Industry Business Council.

            The International Insurance Council, Washington DC, USA.

            The Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Governments of Oman, Malawi and Namibia.

            Timken South Africa.

            Western Cape Economic Growth Organization (Wesgro)

            Wine Industry Technology Council of South Africa (Winetech)




PERSONAL INFORMATION

Nationality

             South African

Permanent Residency

             U.S.A.; New Zealand

Marital Status

            Married

Children

             Two daughters and a son

Languages

            Native fluency in English, Afrikaans and Dutch; professionally functional in German




PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Herausforderung 50 plus: Konzepte zum Management der Aging Workforce: Die Antwort auf das demographische Dilemma, Publicis-Wiley, Erlangen & New York, 2007. (Co-authored with Sven Voelpel and Jan-Dirk Fruchtenicht, International University of Bremen).

Managing the Aging Workforce: Challenges and Solutions, Publicis-Wiley, Erlangen & New York, 2006 (with Sven Voelpel).

Strategic Management in the Innovation Economy, John Wiley & Sons/Publicis, Erlangen & New York, 2006. (published November 2005; co-authored with Thomas Davenport, Babson College & Accenture USA, and Sven Voelpel, International University Bremen and Harvard University).

Strategic Management in the Knowledge Economy, John Wiley & Sons/Publicis, Erlangen & New York, Second Edition, 2005.  (Lead author; co-authored with Gilbert Probst, University of Geneva, and Michael Gibbert, Yale University and Bocconi University).

MONOGRAPHS

Managerial Mindsets and Strategic Capabilities, 2011.

Strategy as Co-Shaping New Value, 2010.

From Analytical to Holistic Managerial Mindsets, 2010.

READERS

Reader: International Business and Transnational Management, Content Solutions Online, Stellenbosch, 2001  (only author).

Reader:  Business Strategy Systems, Models and Tools for the Knowledge Economy, Content Solutions Online, Stellenbosch, 2001 (only author).

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out by C. Christensen & H. Eyring (Review article). Academy of Management Learning and Education, 12(4), 2013, 676-679 (with Sven Voelpel).

Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter by G. Mukunda (Review article). Organization Studies, 33(12), 2012,1787-1794 (with Sven Voelpel).

Managing the Aging Workforce: Status Quo and Implications for the Advancement of theory and practice, European Management Journal, Vol.26, No.2, 2008, 1-10 (with Christoph Streb and Sven Voelpel).

Managing purposeful organizational misfit: exploring organizational misfit to enable strategic change, Journal of Change Management, Vol.6, No.3, September 2006, 257-276 (with Sven Voelpel and Eden Tekie).

The Tyranny of the Balanced Scorecard in the Innovation Economy, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol.7, No.1, January 2006, 43-60 (with Sven Voelpel, Robert Eckhoff and Thomas Davenport).

Strategic management and organizational learning: developing fit and alignment through a disciplined process, with Mike Beer, Sven Voelpel and Eden Tekie, Long Range Planning, Vol. 38, No.5, October 2005, 445-465.

The innovation meme: managing innovation replicators for organizational fitness, with Sven Voelpel and Chris Streb, Journal of Change Management , Vol.5, No.1, April 2005, 57-69.

Concurrentiestrategie zonder rode koningin-effect: verkennen van mogelijke bedrijfsmodellen (Competitive Strategy without the Red Queen Effect: Exploring Potential Business Models),  with Sven Voelpel, Eden Tekie and Georg von Krogh, Holland Management Review, No. 102, July-August 2005, 32-44.

Escaping the red queen effect in competitive strategy - how managers can change industry rules by sense-testing business models, with Sven Voelpel, Georg von Krogh and Eden Tekie, European Management Journal, Vol. 23, No.1, February 2005, 37-49.

Managerial levers in cultivating new mental space for business innovation, with Sven Voelpel and Eden Tekie, South African Journal of Business Management, Vol. 35, No. 4, 2004, 61-71.

A three-phased approach for developing dynamic organizational fitness, with Sven Voelpel and Solomon Habtay, Management Dynamics: Contemporary Research, Vol. 3, No 3, December 2004, 40-51.

The organizational fitness navigator: enabling and measuring organizational fitness for rapid change, with Sven Voelpel and Khalid Mahmoud, Journal of Change Management, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2004, 123-140.

The wheel of business model reinvention: how to develop a new business model and organizational fitness to leapfrog competitors, with Sven Voelpel and Eden Tekie, Journal of Change Management, Vol. 4, No. 3, 2004, 1-18.

Five styles of customer knowledge management, and how smart companies use them to create value, with Michael Gibbert and Gilbert Probst, European Management Journal, Vol.20, October 2002, 559-569.

Rejuvenating corporate intellectual capital by co-opting customer competence, with Michael Gibbert and Sven Voelpel, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol.2, No.2, 2001, 109-126.

The knowledge management replication dilemma in corporate strategic alliances, with Michael Gibbert, Management Dynamics: Contemporary Research, Vol.10, No. 1, 2001, 1-25.

Crime and community policing in South Africa, with Berhanu Mengistu, African Social Sciences Review, Vol.1, No.1, Spring 2000, 15-29.

An anatomy of intellectual capital: a synthesis of conceptual approaches and a research agenda for the future, with Michael Gibbert and Barbara Kaes, Management Dynamics: Contemporary Research, Vol. 8, No.4, 1999, 1-32.

Marketing implications of recent trends in the South African multicultural market environment, with Ria Hugo-Burrows, Journal of Marketing: Theory and Practice, Vol.5, No.1, 1997, 67-77.

The Summer Olympic Games and its tourism marketing city tourism market experiences and challenges, with specific reference to Cape Town, South Africa, with Colin van Zyl, Festival Management & Event Tourism, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1997, 39-48.

A political-economy model for managing strategic alliances in regional business environments, with Nicholas Slabbert, South African Journal for Economic and Management Sciences, Vol. 17, No. 4, Summer 1995, 64-78.

Challenges for the South African tourism industry to the year 2010 based on a Delphi market research project, with Erdener Kaynak and Jonathan Bloom, South African Journal of Business Management, Vol. 25, No. 4, 1994, 19-27.

Using the Delphi technique to predict future tourism potential, with Erdener Kaynak and Jonathan Bloom,  Marketing Intelligence and Planning, Vol. 12, No. 7, 1994, 18-29.

Demand forecasting approaches and practices in the South African tourism industry, with Jonathan Bloom, Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 18, No. 1, 1994, 75-85.

Changing paradigms in the marketing sciences: nature, applications and relevance for the 1990's, Management Dynamics: Contemporary Research, Vol. 1, No. 3, Spring 1992, 73-93.

Market measurement in South African tourism: problems, needs and challenges, with Jonathan Bloom,  Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Vol.16, No.2, 1992, 29-39.

A strategic decision making approach for South African pharmacies, with Jaap van Deventer, South African Journal for Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1990, 14-22.

Management challenges for the South African pharmacy in the 1990's, with Jaap van Deventer, South African Journal for Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1989, 1-11.

Towards new export strategy orientations for regions, industries and firms, Journal of Global Marketing, Vol.3, No.1, Winter 1989, 69-83.

Marketing challenges facing small firms in the industrial electronics industry in South Africa, South African Journal for Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol.1, No.1, April, 1989, 21-28.

New approaches in developing export-orientated business leaders, Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Vol.12, No.3, 1988, 49-61.

A strategic stakeholder approach to the marketing of tourism and recreation facilities by local authorities South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, Vol.11, No. 1, 1988, 111-123.

Multiple concept management - The challenge to retail conglomerates, The South African Journal of Business Management, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1985, 12-17.

 Export decision-making of small and medium-sized firms, with Erwin Dichtl, Management International Review, Vol. 24, No.2, 1984, 49-60.

Retailing strategy - The need for revision of the traditional orientation, The South African Journal of Business Management, Vol. 14, No. 4, 1983, 161-165.

Adequate provisioning - The need for revision of existing internal trade policy orientations, with Erwin Dichtl, Journal of Consumer Policy, Vol. 28, No. 6, 1983, 423-439 (co-author).

Market structural changes and retailing strategy, Humanitas, Vol. 9, No. 3, 1983, 16-20.

The foreign orientation of management as a central construct in export-centred decision-making processes, with Erwin Dichtl, Research for Marketing, Vol. 10, No. 1, June, 1983, 7-14.

Die Entscheidung kleinerer and mittlerer Unternehmen fr die Aufnahme einer Exportttigkeit, with Erwin Dichtl, Zeitschrift fr Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Vol. 53, No. 5, May, 1983, 428-444.

The changing South African consumer market and retailing strategy, Consumer Survey Report, No. 12, Bureau for Economic Research, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, February, 1978, 8-21.

The Hypermarket:  A detrimental effect on consumer welfare?, Consumer Survey Report, No. 10, Bureau for Economic Research, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, August, 1977, 10-25.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Knowledge Management Case Book: Best Practices, John Wiley & Sons/Publicis Erlangen, Second Edition, 2002 (Editors:  Davenport, T. & Probst, G.). Title of chapter:  Getting Real about Knowledge Sharing: The Premium-on-Top Bonus System in Siemens. With Michael Gibbert, Petra Kugler and Sven Voelpel. (second edition: 2002).

Wissensmanagement fuer die Praxis: Wie wird Wissensmanagement Erfolgreich Umgesetzt?, Luchterhand, Berlin, 2001 (Editors: Pawlowsky, P & Reinhardt, R.). Title of chapter:  Internationalen Wissensaustausch Visualisieren und Motivieren. (Visualizing and Activating International Knowledge Sharing), with Michael Gibbert, Petra Kugler and Sven Voelpel.

Marketing Research: A South African Approach, Van Schaik, Pretoria, 1996 (Editors: Martins, J.L., et.al.).  Title of chapter:  International Marketing Research.

Marketing Management, Juta & Co., Cape Town, 1993 (Editors: S. Marx and A. van der Walt).  Titles of two chapters: Marketing Information and Marketing Research, and Market Measurement and Market Forecasting.

President's Council Report on a National Environmental Management System, PC 1/1991, Government Printer, Cape Town, 1991.  (Editor: M. Carter). Title of chapter: Economic Considerations in Formulating an Environmental Management Policy.

Socio-Political Aspects of International Marketing, Haworth Press, New York, 1991 (Editor: E Kaynak). Title of chapter: Strategic Stakeholder Marketing in Tourism.

Marketing Communications Management: A South African Perspective, Butterworths, Durban, 1987 (Editor: L. Koekemoer). Title of chapter:  Advertising Research.

Transnational Retailing, De Gruyter, New York, 1987 (Editor: E. Kaynak). Title of chapter:  Structural Market Changes and Retailing Strategy.

OFFICIAL CASE STUDIES AND WORKING PAPERS

Dragons Teeth Vineyards, with Alan MacCormack, Sven Voelpel and Kerry Herman, Harvard Business School Case N9-504-055, December 2003, 1-12.

"Strategic Management as Organizational Learning: Developing Fit and Alignment Through a Disciplined Process.", with Michael Beer, Sven Voelpel and Eden Tekie, Harvard Business School Working Paper Series, No. 05-062,  December 2005, 1-15.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Poised Organizational Strategy in Dealing with Disruptive Innovation - The Case of GMOs in the Global Wine Industry: Voelpel, S., Leibold, M. & Habtay, S., 65th Annual Academy of Management (AOM) Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, August 5-10, 2005.

Intellectual Capital, Innovation and The Tyranny of the Balanced Scorecard: Voelpel, S., Leibold, M., Eckhoff, R. & Davenport, T, 4th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Cambridge University, United Kingdom, July 4-6, 2005.

Managing Organizational Misfit to Unlock Innovation: Voelpel, S., Leibold, M. & Tekie, E., 21st Annual European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, June 30-July 2, 2005, Berlin, Germany.

Organizational Sources of Synergy in Leveraging Innovation from Disparate Business Models: Voelpel, S., Leibold, M. & Habtay, S., 5th Annual European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, May 4-7, 2005, Munich, Germany.

Strategizing the Innovation Meme: Voelpel, S., Leibold, M. & Streb, C., 5th Annual European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, May 4-7, 2005, Munich, Germany.

Strategic Management as Organizational Learning: Developing Fit and Alignment Through a Disciplined Process: Beer, M., Voelpel, S., Leibold, M. & Tekie, E., 64th Annual Academy of Management (AOM) Meeting, August 6-11, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Strategic Management as Organizational Learning: Developing Fit and Alignment Through a Disciplined Process: Beer, M., Voelpel, S., Leibold, M. & Tekie, E., 20th Annual European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, July 1 - 3, 2004, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The Wheel of Business Model Reinvention: How to Reshape Your Business Model to Leapfrog Competitors: Voelpel, S., Leibold, M. & Tekie, E., 4th Annual European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, May 5 8, 2004, St. Andrews, Scotland.

 Cultivating New Mental Space for Strategy Innovation: Leibold, M., Global Congress on Economics and Business, London, United Kingdom, July 5-7, 2003.

In Search of Imaginative Strategies: How About Some Satire?: Leibold, M. & Gibbert, M., World Strategy Congress, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, March 18-19, 2002.

Intellectual Capital Dimensions of Customer Competence: Gibbert, M., Leibold, M. & Voelpel, S., Fourth Annual World Congress on the Management of Intellectual Capital, Hamilton, Canada, January 17-19, 2001.

Reappraising the Value of Intellectual Capital through Co-option of Customer Competence: Leibold, M., Gibbert, M. & Voelpel, S., Third International Conference on Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management, Basel, Switzerland, October 30-31, 2000.

The New Millennium and Organizational Epistemology: Leibold, M., Annual Conference of the South African Academy of Arts and Sciences, June 5-6, 2000.

Managing International Strategic Alliances Between Large and Small Firms:  A Synergy Framework and Tools to Improve Effectiveness and Success: Leibold, M., Eighth Annual World Business Congress, Monterey, USA, July 1999:

Firm Globalization through International Strategic Alliances: Managerial Challenges for Small Businesses A Case Study Approach and Development of a Model to Manage Strategic Alliance Relationships: Leibold, M., Seventh Annual World Business Congress, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 1998.

A Values-Based Political Economy Model for Multicultural Marketing Strategy in Emerging Economies: Leibold, M., Eighth Biennial World Marketing Conference of the Academy of Marketing Science, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 1997.

A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Emerging Markets and Business Strategies in the Multicultural South African Environment: Leibold, M. & Hugo, M.M., Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Multicultural Marketing Conference, Norfolk, USA, October 1996.

Global Strategy Implications of the Reconstruction and Development Program of South Africa: Leibold, M., Second International Conference on Globalization and Market Economics, Delhi, India, December 1995.

Marketing and Quality of Life Issues in South Africa: Leibold, M., Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) International Quality of Life Marketing Conference, Williamsburg, USA, November 1995.

Strategic Challenges for Doing Business in South Africa: Leibold, M., Annual Academy of International Business South East (AIB-SE) Conference, Orlando, USA, November 1995.

Toward Redefining Corporate Management's Role in the Governance of Strategic Alliances: Leibold, M., Fourth Annual World Business Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, July 1995.

The New Strategic Role of the Tourism Destination Organization in Global Tourism: Leibold, M. & Bloom, J., 26th Annual Conference of the Travel and Tourism Research Association, Acapulco, Mexico, June 1995.

The Summer Olympic Games and its Tourism Marketing - City Tourism Marketing: Experiences and Challenges, with specific reference to Cape Town, South Africa: Leibold, M. & Van Zyl, J.,  International Conference on Quality Management in Urban Tourism, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, November 1994.

Organisational Levels in Environmental Management in large Business Organizations: Challenges for Corporate and Functional Approaches: Leibold, M. & Meissner, D., Second Southern African International Conference on Environmental Management, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, October 1994.

An Integrated Market-Oriented Approach to Environmental Management: A New Frontier?: Leibold, M. & Meissner, D., Second Southern African International Conference on Environmental Management, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, October 1994.

A Business Science Approach to Environmental Management: Empirical Evidence and Organisational Challenges: Leibold, M. & Meissner, D.,  Conference of the South African Institute of Management Sciences, Cape Town, September 1994.

Towards a Re-Definition of Environmental Management and Marketing in Large Organizations: Leibold, M. & Venter, E., Third Annual World Business Congress, Penang, Malaysia, June 1994.

Key Political-Economy Pointers for Strategic Alliances in Regional Business Environments.: Leibold M. & Slabbert, N., (Best Paper Award). Third Annual World Business Congress, Penang, Malaysia, June 1994.

Strategic Planning for Eco-Tourism: Leibold, M., Satour Eco-Tourism Conference, Cape Town, November 1993.

A Delphi Forecast of South African Tourism, 1993-2010: Leibold, M., Kaynak, E. & Bloom, J., Annual Conference of the Southern Marketing Association, Atlanta, USA, November 1993.

Organizational Synergy in Regional Tourism Management: Leibold, M., Annual Conference of the Society of Travel and Tourism Educators, Miami, October 1993.

Challenges for the South African Tourism Industry to the year 2010 based upon a Delphi Market Research Study: Leibold, M., Kaynak, E. & Bloom, J., National Marketing Educators Conference, Durban, September 1993.

Predicting Demand for Tourism in South Africa by the Year 2010: Leibold, M., Kaynak, E. & Bloom, J., Special Session of The Sixth Bi-Annual World Marketing Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, July 1993.

Demand Forecasting Approaches and Practices in the South African Tourism Industry: Leibold, M. & Bloom, J., Conference of the South African Institute of Management Sciences, Sun City, June 1993.

Determining the future South African Tourism Scenario by use of the Delphi Technique as a Marketing Research Tool: Preliminary Considerations: Leibold, M., Kaynak, E. & Bloom, J.,  National Marketing Educators' Conference, Cape Town, September 1992.

Changing Paradigms in the Marketing Sciences: Leibold, M., Conference of the South African Institute of Management Sciences, Bloemfontein, June 1992.

Marketing the Tourism Product: Leibold, M., National South African Tourism Conference, Cape Technikon, November 1991.

Towards a Redefinition of the Role and Functions of SAPTO in view of the National Strategy Framework for Southern African Tourism: Leibold, M., Annual Conference of the South African Association of Tourism and Publicity Organisations (SAPTO), Pietermaritzburg, October 1991.

Regional Tourism Marketing: The Organisational and Functional Challenges: Leibold, M., National Marketing Educators' Conference, Stellenbosch, November 1991.

Tourism Destination Marketing: Paradigms and Practices: Leibold, M. National Marketing Educators' Conference, Cape Town, November 1990.

Integrated Tourism and Environmental Management: Leibold, M., Conference of the South African Institute of Management Sciences, Pretoria, November 1990.

Market Measurement in Tourism: Problems and Challenges: Leibold, M., Conference of the South African Institute of Management Sciences, Port Elizabeth, October 1989.

New Approaches in Developing Export-Orientated Business Leaders: Leibold, M., Conference of the South African Institute of Management Sciences, Pietermaritzburg, 21 October 1987.

Export strategy development for the Western Cape: Leibold, M., Institute for Marketing Management Conference, Cape Town, 28 April 1986.

The export decision: Focus on small and medium-sized firms: Leibold, M., Annual Conference for Economists and Business Economists, Pretoria, 10 November 1984.

Small business in South Africa - problems, public policy, and promotional efforts: Leibold, M., Conference of the Institut fr Mittelstandsforschung, University of Bonn, 19 September 1983.

Export promotion in South Africa - changing priorities, structural barriers and the need for a new focus., Leibold, M., Annual Symposium of Management Research ("Sozialwissenschaftliche Entscheidungsforschung") at the University of Mannheim, 16 September 1983.

RESEARCH REPORTS

South African Ostrich Business Chamber, Global competitiveness strategy for the South African ostrich industry, 2004.

Winetech, Human resources in the global competitiveness of the South African wine industry cluster, Stellenbosch, 2001.

Department of Environment and Tourism, Development of a marketing strategy for the coastal management awareness program of South Africa, 1993.

De Loitte & Touche, Strategic analysis of the international and South African sawmilling industries, Cape Town, 1992.

South African Airways, Competitive strategy indicators for airlines in a deregulated civil aviation industry in South Africa, Johannesburg, 1991.

Human Sciences Research Council of S.A., Research methodological implications of changing paradigms in the marketing sciences, Stellenbosch, 1991.

Cape Chamber of Industries: The export situation and exporting strategies of selected industries in the Western Cape, Research Report No. 1, Unit for Marketing Studies, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 1986.

Council for Promotion of Small Business in South Africa:  The Foreign orientation of management as a key variable in export commencement, with focus on small and medium-sized firms, 1984.

Simpson, Frankel, Kruger, Inc., (Stockbroker-member of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange), The South African retailing environment: Factors and trends during the past ten years, and anticipated factors and trends during the rest of the 1980's, Stellenbosch, 1983.

Medical Research Council of South Africa: The economic costs of ischaemic heart disease for South Africa, Bureau for Economic Research, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 1980.

Oak Valley Limited:  Market structure and potential of the cut flower and pot-plant industry in South Africa, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 1980.

Hippo Quarries Limited:  Selective removal of price control in the marketing of crushed stone products in South Africa, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 1980.

Bureau for Economic Research: Analysis of the economic growth potential of Oudtshoorn, Bureau for Economic Research, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 1980.

South African Cement Producers Association: The efficacy of the current basing-point pricing system in the marketing of cement in South Africa, University of Stellenbosch, 1979.

Bakke Industries Limited : Aspects of food packaging in South Africa, Bureau for Economic Research, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 1978.