Dr Thoralf Dassler

Lecturer in Corporate Strategy

• Maxwell 322
• T: 0161 29 57961
• E: t.dassler@salford.ac.uk
• SEEK: Research profile

Mondays: 10:30 – 12:30

Tuesdays: 10:30 – 12:30

Originally from Germany, Thoralf holds the equivalent of an MSc form the Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany.

Before coming to the UK in 1998, Thoralf has worked in Project Management at Volkswagen in Germany. He then obtained an MSc in Business Research for Birmingham University and proceeded with PhD research at Aston University. Following the completion of his PhD in 2004, he has developed a research interest on the effects of utility regulation on management and the strategic management of ethnic-owned businesses. Current research interest focuses on the development of a consistent and coherent theory for Strategic Management.

Prior to taking the Lectureship at Salford, Thoralf has worked as a Research Fellow at Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh as well as at Cranfield University.

L6: Corporate Strategy

L7: Managing within the Environment (PT MSc)

L7: MBA -- Managing the Competitive Environment

Current research interest focuses on the development of a consistent and coherent theory for Strategic Management, as well as the managerial implications of this theory.

PhD; MSc; Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing.; PG Cert in HE & Practice

British Academy of Management

Peer reviewed:

Dassler, T & Seaman, C & Bent, R & Lamb, L & Mateer, N 2007, 'Composing a Database of Minority Enterprises in Scotland: A Discussion Based on the Concept of Mixed Embeddedness', International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 13(2), pp.107-123.

Dassler, T 2006, 'Methods and Trends of Performance Benchmarking in UK Utility Regulation', Utilities Policy, 14(3), pp.166-174.

Dassler, T & Parker, D 2004, 'Harmony or Disharmony in the Regulation of the Promotion of Competition in EU Telecommunications? A Survey of Regulatory Offices', Utilities Policy, 12(1), pp.9-28.

Dassler, T 2004, 'Combining Theories of Regulation: Proposing a Framework for Analysing Regulatory Systems Worldwide', Utilities Policy, 14(1).

Dassler, T & Parker, D & Saal, D S 2002, 'Economic Performance in European Telecommunications, 1978 ¿ 1998: A Comparative Study', European Business Review, 14(3), pp.194-209.

Book Sections

Parker, D & Dassler, T & Saal, D S 2006 'Performance Benchmarking in Utility Regulation and the UK Experience', in: Parker, D & Crew, M A (eds.), International Handbook on Economic Regulation, Edward Elgar, London, UK.

Other Publications:

Buhalska, M and T Dassler (2011): Leveraging Resources and Core Competence at Honda Motors Co. UK (Conference Proceeding), BAM 2012 Conference, Aston

Dassler, T & Seaman, C & Bent, R & Lamb, L 2007, Co-Branding Business and Drama for Management Education ¿ A Quasi-experimental Approach, (Conference Proceeding), First International Colloquium on "Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Management"(ICEEM' 07), Bradford, UK.

Seaman, C.; R. Bent and T. Dassler (2005).                                    Supporting Diversity, Communities and the Rural Entrepreneur: The Scottish Centre for Enterprise and Ethnic Business Research.            2005 Rural Entrepreneurship Conference, Aviemore Conference Centre, Aviemore.

Daßler, T.; D. Parker and D. S. Saal (2001).                                        Economic Performance in European Telecommunications, 1978 – 1998: A Comparative Study. European Association for Research in Industrial Economics – EARIE, Dublin, Ireland.