Maris Martinsons
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Maris Martinsons is director of the Pacific Rim Institute for the Studies of Management and a professor of management
currently associated with the City University of Hong Kong
, the Stockholm School of Economics
and the University of Toronto
. He received his B.A.Sc.
(Engineering Science) and M.B.A.
degrees from the University of Toronto
, and a Ph.D.
in Industrial and Business Studies from the University of Warwick
. He has served as editor for the following scholarly journals: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, the Journal of Applied Management Studies, the Journal of Information Technology Management, the Journal of Management Systems, and the Communications of the ACM.
Martinsons is a leading authority on strategic management
, organizational change, and knowledge management/information systems. His research and insights have been published widely in Chinese
, French
, German
, Japanese
, Korean
, Latvian
, Russian
and Spanish
as well as English
.
Martinsons also has extensive experience as a business consultant, mostly in association with Ernst & Young
, DRI/McGraw-Hill
and McKinsey & Co.. He has successfully completed more than 30 large-scale projects in Western, Chinese and cross-cultural settings, and has served as an external advisor to leading organizations and institutions around the world, including the governments of Hong Kong
and Latvia
.
Martinsons received the Distinguished Young Scholar Award from the International Association of Management in 1995. He has been a keynote speaker at meetings of scholarly societies, industry groups and professional associations, such as the Baltic Business Congress, the East Asian Executive Forum, the International Association of Management, the Pacific Rim Leadership Summit, and the World Knowledge Forum.
As a Latvian-Canadian who was educated in both North America and Europe, has been a visiting professor at leading universities on six continents, and is now based in the heart of the Asia-Pacific region, Professor Martinsons exemplifies a new generation of global scholars. He played instrumental roles in establishing the world-wide Association of Information Systems (as a member of its original Organizing Committee) and internationalizing the (U.S.) Academy of Management primarily by bridging the East-West divide.
Professor Martinsons is an influential researcher on the strategic management of competitive enterprises in uncertain business environments as well as the diagnosis, planning and implementation of transformational organizational change. The level of analysis in his studies has ranged from individuals (top management decision making) and small groups (knowledge management systems) to organizations (business performance management, links between business strategy and information technology/systems) and entire industries and economies (strategic intelligence in pre-handover Hong Kong, post-Soviet reform in Latvia, e-commerce in 21st century China). Martinsons also pioneered the research of both green business issues (sustainable development and environmental technologies) and information ethics in the context of Hong Kong and China. According to Google Scholar, Maris Martinsons has authored four of the 10 most cited articles on Chinese management.
Professor Martinsons has also been a pioneer with action research and e-learning. Based on a philosophy that stresses the integration of theory and practice and the application of systematic frameworks/models and principles, the "Martinsons on Management" learning platform and a series of "Management by Martinsons" masterclasses have played significant roles in professionalizing management in transitional economies such as mainland China and the Baltic States. The programs incorporate various intellectual and physical challenges that take participants beyond their comfort zones in order to develop both greater confidence and competence. He has also used IT extensively to develop multimedia teaching materials and online education environments that take the learning process far beyond the classroom.
Professor Martinsons was the first double winner of a university-wide teaching excellence award in Hong Kong. In winning these awards, he was cited for his thoughtful teaching philosophy, meticulous course planning, deep knowledge of international business and management, creative presentations, and ability to foster a high degree of interaction in both the classroom and online.
Martinsons is also an accomplished athlete, having represented Canada, Latvia and Hong Kong in international sporting competitions.
His philanthropic activities focus on developing and improving international relationships, particularly between academic and business communities in Baltic Europe and East Asia. Professor Martinsons was a co-founder of TALKA, the Far Eastern Latvian Cultural Association, and has served on its board of directors since 1989. In recent years, he has cultivated social entrepreneurship among the younger generation in Hong Kong and southern China, helped to set up student exchange programs at both the university and secondary school levels, and collaborated with the Clinton Global Initiative to popularize the best practices and useful innovations in higher education.
His most cited peer-reviewed journal articles (according to Google Scholar) are:
faculty profile, City University of Hong Kong publication portfolio, SSRN author profile
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
currently associated with the City University of Hong Kong
City University of Hong Kong
City University of Hong Kong is a comprehensive research university in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994. It has achieved fast growth in recent years and received international recognition for its academic achievements...
, the Stockholm School of Economics
Stockholm School of Economics
The Stockholm School of Economics or Handelshögskolan i Stockholm is one of Northern Europe's leading business schools. Its Masters in Management program is ranked no. 2 in Northern Europe and no. 13 in Europe by the Financial Times...
and the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
. He received his B.A.Sc.
Bachelor of Applied Science
The Bachelor of Applied Science, often abbreviated as BAS, BSAS. BASc or BAppSc is an undergraduate degree awarded for a course of study that generally lasts three to four years in the United Kingdom and Australia, and four to six years in Canada, the Netherlands and the United States.-Usage:In...
(Engineering Science) and M.B.A.
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
degrees from the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
, and a Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
in Industrial and Business Studies from the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
. He has served as editor for the following scholarly journals: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, the Journal of Applied Management Studies, the Journal of Information Technology Management, the Journal of Management Systems, and the Communications of the ACM.
Martinsons is a leading authority on strategic management
Strategic management
Strategic management is a field that deals with the major intended and emergent initiatives taken by general managers on behalf of owners, involving utilization of resources, to enhance the performance of firms in their external environments...
, organizational change, and knowledge management/information systems. His research and insights have been published widely in Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
, Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
, Latvian
Latvian language
Latvian is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language...
, Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
as well as English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
Martinsons also has extensive experience as a business consultant, mostly in association with Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....
, DRI/McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, education, publishing, broadcasting, and business services...
and McKinsey & Co.. He has successfully completed more than 30 large-scale projects in Western, Chinese and cross-cultural settings, and has served as an external advisor to leading organizations and institutions around the world, including the governments of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
and Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
.
Martinsons received the Distinguished Young Scholar Award from the International Association of Management in 1995. He has been a keynote speaker at meetings of scholarly societies, industry groups and professional associations, such as the Baltic Business Congress, the East Asian Executive Forum, the International Association of Management, the Pacific Rim Leadership Summit, and the World Knowledge Forum.
As a Latvian-Canadian who was educated in both North America and Europe, has been a visiting professor at leading universities on six continents, and is now based in the heart of the Asia-Pacific region, Professor Martinsons exemplifies a new generation of global scholars. He played instrumental roles in establishing the world-wide Association of Information Systems (as a member of its original Organizing Committee) and internationalizing the (U.S.) Academy of Management primarily by bridging the East-West divide.
Professor Martinsons is an influential researcher on the strategic management of competitive enterprises in uncertain business environments as well as the diagnosis, planning and implementation of transformational organizational change. The level of analysis in his studies has ranged from individuals (top management decision making) and small groups (knowledge management systems) to organizations (business performance management, links between business strategy and information technology/systems) and entire industries and economies (strategic intelligence in pre-handover Hong Kong, post-Soviet reform in Latvia, e-commerce in 21st century China). Martinsons also pioneered the research of both green business issues (sustainable development and environmental technologies) and information ethics in the context of Hong Kong and China. According to Google Scholar, Maris Martinsons has authored four of the 10 most cited articles on Chinese management.
Professor Martinsons has also been a pioneer with action research and e-learning. Based on a philosophy that stresses the integration of theory and practice and the application of systematic frameworks/models and principles, the "Martinsons on Management" learning platform and a series of "Management by Martinsons" masterclasses have played significant roles in professionalizing management in transitional economies such as mainland China and the Baltic States. The programs incorporate various intellectual and physical challenges that take participants beyond their comfort zones in order to develop both greater confidence and competence. He has also used IT extensively to develop multimedia teaching materials and online education environments that take the learning process far beyond the classroom.
Professor Martinsons was the first double winner of a university-wide teaching excellence award in Hong Kong. In winning these awards, he was cited for his thoughtful teaching philosophy, meticulous course planning, deep knowledge of international business and management, creative presentations, and ability to foster a high degree of interaction in both the classroom and online.
Martinsons is also an accomplished athlete, having represented Canada, Latvia and Hong Kong in international sporting competitions.
His philanthropic activities focus on developing and improving international relationships, particularly between academic and business communities in Baltic Europe and East Asia. Professor Martinsons was a co-founder of TALKA, the Far Eastern Latvian Cultural Association, and has served on its board of directors since 1989. In recent years, he has cultivated social entrepreneurship among the younger generation in Hong Kong and southern China, helped to set up student exchange programs at both the university and secondary school levels, and collaborated with the Clinton Global Initiative to popularize the best practices and useful innovations in higher education.
Book
- Information technology and the challenge for Hong Kong / edited by Janice M. Burn and Maris G. Martinsons. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c1997. ISBN 9622094201
Dissertation
- Strategic Intelligence in Hong Kong, How chief executives managed information/knowledge amidst the environmental uncertainty of pre-handover Hong Kong / University of Warwick
Scholarship
His paper "Comparing the Decision Styles of American, Chinese and Japanese business leaders" from the Academy of Management meeting in 2001 is a seminal study in international business and management. It has over 500 hyperlinked citations and has been downloaded more than 3000 times by members of the Social Science Research Network.His most cited peer-reviewed journal articles (according to Google Scholar) are:
- Martinsons, M., Davison, R., Tse, D. (1999). The balanced scorecard: A foundation for the strategic management of information systems Decision Support Systems, 25 (1), pp. 71-88. Cited more than 250 times.
- Martinsons, M.G., Westwood, R.I. (1997). Management information systems in the Chinese business culture: An explanatory theory Information and Management, 32 (5), pp. 215-228. Cited more than 200 times in Chinese and 120 times in English.
- Davison, R.M., Martinsons, M.G., Kock, N.Ned KockNed Kock is best known for employing biological evolution ideas to the understanding of human behavior toward technologies, particularly information technologies. He developed media naturalness theory, an evolutionary communication media theory...
(2004). Principles of canonical action research Information Systems JournalInformation Systems JournalThe Information Systems Journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes papers on any aspect of information systems, but has particular emphasis on the relationship between information systems and people, business, and organisations. The journal was established in 1991 by David Avison...
, 14 (1), pp. 65-86. Cited more than 150 times. - Martinsons, M.G., Chong, P.K.C. (1999). The influence of human factors and specialist involvement on information systems success Human Relations, 52 (1), pp. 123-151. Cited more than 100 times.
- Martinsons, M.G. (1993) Outsourcing information systems: A strategic partnership with risks, Long Range PlanningLong range planningFormalized long-range business planning, in particular that taught as a discipline in business schools or just reported in business books, has a history that goes back to the mid 20th century.-History:...
, 26 (3), pp. 18-25. Cited more than 70 times. - Martinsons, M.G. (1995). Radical process innovation using information technology: The theory, the practice and the future of reengineering, International Journal of Information Management, 15 (4), pp. 253-269. Cited more than 50 times.
- Martinsons, M.G. (2002). Electronic commerce in China Information & Management, 39 (5), pp. 71-79. Cited more than 50 times.
- Martinsons, M.G. (2004). ERP in China Communications of the ACMCommunications of the ACMCommunications of the ACM is the flagship monthly journal of the Association for Computing Machinery . First published in 1957, CACM is sent to all ACM members, currently numbering about 80,000. The articles are intended for readers with backgrounds in all areas of computer science and information...
, 47 (7), pp. 65-68. Cited more than 50 times. - Martinsons, M.G., Hempel, P.S. (1995). Chinese management systems: historical and cross-cultural perspectives, Journal of Management Systems, 7(1), pp. 1-11. Cited more than 30 times in English and 80 times in Chinese.
- Burrows, G.R., Drummond, D.L., Martinsons, M.G. (2005). Knowledge management in China, Communications of the ACM, 48(4), pp 44-48. Cited more than 30 times in English and 60 times in Chinese.
- Martinsons, M.G., Martinsons, V. (2002). Rethinking the value of IT, again. Communications of the ACM, 45 (7), pp. 25-26. Cited more than 30 times.
- Martinsons, M.G., Hempel, P.S. (1998). Chinese business process re-engineering, International Journal of Information Management, 18(6), pp. 393-407. Cited more than 30 times in English and 40 times in Chinese.
- Martinsons, M.G. (1994). Benchmarking human resource information systems in Canada and Hong Kong Information & Management, 26 (6), pp. 305-316. Cited more than 25 times.
- Martinsons, M.G., Martinsons, A.G.B. (1996). Conquering cultural constraints to cultivate Chinese management creativity and innovation, Journal of Management Development 15(9), pp 18–35. Cited more than 25 times.
- Martinsons, M.G., Schindler, F.R. (1995). Organizational visions for technology assimilation: The strategic roads to knowledge-based systems success IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 42 (1), pp. 9-18. Cited more than 20 times.
- Martinsons M.G., So, S.K.K., Tin C., Wong D. (1997). Hong Kong and China: emerging markets for environmental products and technologies, Long Range Planning, 30(5), pp. 277-290. Cited more than 20 times.
- Martinsons, M.G. (1997). Human resource management applications of knowledge-based systems, International Journal of Information Management, 17 (1), pp. 35-53. Cited more than 20 times.
- Martinsons, M.G., Valdemars, K. (1992). Post-Soviet reform in Latvia: Early progress and future prospects, Journal of Economic Studies, 19(6), pp. 35-53. Cited more than 20 times.
External links
faculty profile, City University of Hong Kong publication portfolio, SSRN author profile