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Head of Department at Department of Sociologi, Environmental and Business Economics at Faculty of Social Science, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg.

Telefon: +45 6550 1382 

Email: torben@sam.sdu.dk

Torben Damgaard is Head of Department at SEBE at Faculty of Social Science, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg.

His research and teaching areas comprises areas on relationship management, business marketing and qualitative methodology. In particular the research has been coorporative regimes between companies, organizing in networks, global sourcing, cluster development, SMEs management, facility management and construction of buildings. Torben Damgaard holds a PhD in business administration from Southern Denmark Business School.

Employment:

2020 Head of Department at Department of Sociologi, Environmental and Business Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg

2015 2020 Head of Continuing and Executive Education, Faculty of Social Science, University of Southern Denmark

2013 2015 Associate Dean for Knowledge Exchange, Faculty of Social Science, University of Southern Denmark

2015 Acting Head of Department of Border Region Studies

2014 Acting Head of SDU Business, University of Southern Denmark

2005 2013 Head of Department, Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management, University of Southern Denmark

1998 Associate Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management, University of Southern Denmark

1995 1998 Assistant Professor, Department Department of Business Economics, Southern Denmark Business School

1991 1995 PhD student, Department of Business Economics, Southern Denmark Business School

1989 1991 Lecturer, Department of Business Economics, Southern Denmark Business School

Education: 

1997 PhD, Department of Business Economics, Southern Denmark Business School

1989 Cand. rer.soc. (M.Sc. in economics and sociology), The Social Sciences Faculty, Odense University

Teaching:
PhD courses:
2008 Relationship Management a normative perspective
2006 Relationship Management a normative perspective

PhD supervision:

2012 2016 Kirsten Frandsen "Business Relationships and Relationship value: A casestudy of value perceptions in a supplier-customer relationship" (Co-supervisor)

2009 2013 Mads Bruun Ingstrup "The role of cluster facilitators in facilitating clusters: empirical and theoretical investigations" University of Southern Denmark

2005 2009 Kristin Balslev Munksgaard ”Organising Collaborative Product Development Activities - A case study in the Danish food industry” University of Southern Denmark

2005 2015 Flemming Pors Knudsen Company network pictures – how they challenge management in network based relationships 

Master and Bachelor courses:
2005 International Business Development and Growth (M.Sc.)
2003 Strategy (M.Sc.)
1999 The Companies External Relationships (Bach.)
1998 Industrial Marketing (M.Sc.)
1994 Methodology and Method (M.Sc. and Bach.)
1994 Services Marketing
1990 Marketing (Bach.)
1989 Economics

Communications and external financed projects:
2009 Evaluation of the mature clusters in the Region of Southern Denmark. Project financed by the Region of Southern Denmark
2008 2009 Evaluation of the growing clusters in Region of Southern Denmark. Project financed by the Region of Southern Denmark
2007 2009 Facility Management in the construction process of building projects. Realdania fonden
2006 ICT implementation barriers in SMEs. Implementation project financed by a Regional Technology Centre
2003-2005 Project manager on The supplier of the future. EU financed. In cooperation with EU-west and 5 advisory consultancies
2001-2005 LOK research center. Projekt manager on theme 4.1 and participant on theme 4.2. Horisontal and vertical cooperation regimes and networks
2001-2005 Partner in a Globalization project. Steel machinery SMEs Network establising export activities
2001-2009 Member of the board in Steel Centre. Industry organisation with members from industry companies, advisory system and the University
1999 2000 Project manager in the development of two supplier associations in the stainless steel industry in the triangle region. Networks between a number of suppliers and to big customers
1996-99 Partner in ATTAK. A collaboration between the University and TECH SAM Group with 12 membership companies in engineering advisory. Network establishing for competitive advantage

Research areas

• Business marketing emphasising leadership across companies – Relationship Management and Managing in Networks
• Managing and competence development in SMEs
• Cluster and clustering – Development and facilitation
• Developing big construction projects – facility management, project organising and process handling