Daniel Frederick Jennings

Industrial Distribution Program- Texas A and M University , College Station

Bio Executive Master of Industrial Distribution Labor Arbitration Strategic Management Corporate Entrepreneurship Vitae Funded Research Course Work Books

Daniel Frederick Jennings Andrew Rader Professor of Industrial Distribution Program Director, Executive Master of Industrial Distribution Research Interests: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Managing Profitability; Strategic Alliances; Executive Scanning; Process Innovation; Strategy-Structure Alignment Currently Teaching: Industrial Distribution Enterprise (graduate); Distribution Profitability Analysis (graduate); Distributor Operations and Financial Management (undergraduate). ________________________________________________________________ Bio Daniel F. Jennings is a Full Professor at Texas A&M University and is the Program Director of the Executive Master of Industrial Distribution. He is also the Andrew Rader Professor of Industrial Distribution. Dr. Jennings has published over 300 articles in academic and practitioner journals and has authored or co-authored twenty textbooks and fourteen book chapters. His research has been described in both the Wall Street Journal and New York Times and he has received twelve best paper awards from a variety of sources including the National Academy of Management (three times, the most recent in 2004), New York University, Baylor University, Prentice-Hall Publishing, and McGraw-Hill Publishing. He also received the Outstanding Researcher Award while a faculty member at Baylor University. Jennings has been either the Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator for applied research projects totaling $1.56 million and has obtained over $5 Million in endowments for faculty salaries and laboratories. Professor Jennings has served as a Visiting Professor at Universities in Russia, France, Canada, Mexico, and Australia and has conducted executive development programs in the U.S, Canada, France, Mexico, and Italy. Dr. Jennings has performed consulting assignments for a variety of firms, labor unions, and governmental agencies. He is also a Labor Arbitrator serving on the panels of the American Arbitration Association and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators. Jennings’ corporate career includes engineering, corporate planning and managerial positions with Armstrong World Industries, Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Olinkraft, Inc., Boise Cascade Corporation, and Certainteed Corporation in locations in the United States, Canada, and South America. His industry experience involves manufacturing and distribution activities. Dr. Jennings received a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering (with honors) from the University of Tennessee, an MBA from Northeast Louisiana University and a Ph. D. degree in Strategic Management from Texas A&M University.