Sally_Davenport

Sally Davenport

Sally Davenport

New Zealand academic specializing in management studies

Sally Jane Davenport MNZM is an Aotearoa-New Zealand academic and a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.[1] She is also Director of the National Science Challenge, Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI). SfTI is a 10-year (2014-2024) science investment by the Aotearoa-New Zealand Government with a mission to enhance the capacity of Aotearoa-New Zealand to use physical sciences and engineering for economic growth and prosperity.

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Academic career

Professor Davenport completed her PhD in 1985 at Victoria University of Wellington,[2] before taking up a post-doctorate at the University of Oxford. On her return to New Zealand, Davenport joined the staff at Victoria University of Wellington, rising to full professor.[1][3][4][5][6]

Davenport was appointed to the New Zealand Productivity Commission in 2011[7] and reappointed in 2014.[8]

In 2018, Davenport was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.[7][9]

Selected works

  • Davenport, Sally, John Davies, and Charlotte Grimes. "Collaborative research programmes: building trust from difference." Technovation 19, no. 1 (1998): 31–40.
  • Davenport, Sally. "Exploring the role of proximity in SME knowledge-acquisition." Research policy 34, no. 5 (2005): 683–701.
  • Davenport, Sally, and Shirley Leitch. "Circuits of power in practice: Strategic ambiguity as delegation of authority." Organization Studies 26, no. 11 (2005): 1603–1623.
  • Leitch, Shirley, & Sally Davenport. (2011). Corporate identity as an enabler and constraint on the pursuit of corporate objectives. European Journal of Marketing. 45 (9/10), 1501 – 1520.
  • Davenport, Sally. & Shirley Leitch. (2009) We Are What We Grow: The Discursive Strategies of Pro- and Anti-GE Factions Regarding the Future of Agriculture in New Zealand. European Planning Studies, 17(7), 943-961.
  • Davenport, Sally. "Panic and panacea: brain drain and science and technology human capital policy." Research policy 33, no. 4 (2004): 617–630.
  • Davenport, Sally, and David Bibby. "Rethinking a national innovation system: The small country as' SME'." Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 11, no. 3 (1999): 431–462.

References

  1. [1]
    "Sally Davenport | School of Management | Victoria University of Wellington". www.victoria.ac.nz.
  2. [2]
    Davenport, Sally (1985). N M R Studies of Coal (Doctoral thesis). Open Access Repository Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington. doi:10.26686/wgtn.16935025.
  3. [3]
    "Emeritus Investigators » The MacDiarmid Institute". www.macdiarmid.ac.nz. 9 February 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Our Management Team". Science for Technological Innovation.
  5. [5]
    "Sally Davenport MNZM | Te Pūnaha Matatini". www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz.
  6. [6]
    "Where science benefits business and society | NZBusiness Magazine | The Business Magazine For NZ SME".
  7. [7]
    "Commissioner receives MNZM medal | Productivity Commission of New Zealand". www.productivity.govt.nz.
  8. [8]
    "Appointment to the New Zealand Productivity Commission - 2014-go2250 - New Zealand Gazette".
  9. [9]
    "New Year Honours 2018: Business, philanthopy, arts and media". The National Business Review. 30 December 2017.


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