Collaborative Research Alliance

ARM Partners has established a collaboration with two academic thought leaders in the growing field of business Collaboration and Alliances.  Dave Luvison is an Executive-in-Residence and Jeffrey L. Cummings is a Professor in the Sellinger School of Business at Loyola University Maryland. This is a great example of business leadership engaging with the academic community to provide experiential validation to innovative research in the field of Alliances.

The ARM Partners Collaborative Research Alliance co-develops research around the impact that Alliance Decision Makers have on the efficacy and performance of commercial partnerships.  This work has material impact potential, as it will provide insights on the optimal personality orientation for Alliance Decision Makers who affect alliance performance throughout the alliance lifecycle, including the selection of executive sponsors.

Dr. Dave Luvison

Dave holds the rank of Executive in Residence at Loyola University Maryland and is a Fulbright Specialist. He earned his doctorate of business administration from the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University. His research and applied interests lie in the areas of inter-organizational collaboration and strategic alliances. Prior to entering teaching, Dave accumulated over 20 years of hands-on experience managing alliances, building alliance programs and consulting to firms in the area of alliance management.

He holds a Certified Strategic Alliance Professional (CSAP) level certification from The Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP), was one of the editors of The ASAP Handbook of Alliance Management: A Practitioner’s Guide, and has written the official review courses for both levels of the association’s certification exams. He also serves as a faculty member for the American Management Association, where he authored three courses on strategic alliances. His academic research has been published in Group and Organization Management, The International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances, Management Decision, and The Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, as well as various edited books.

Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings

Jeffrey L. Cummings began his consulting practice in 1986 to deliver state-of-the-art knowledge, advisory services and training on strategic issues and practices to management teams and boards seeking to improve their value adding activities.

His advisory work and research focus on strategic alignment, implementing strategic-analysis and player-mapping frameworks, and selecting appropriate strategic alliance and R&D partners.

Some of his advisory clients have included major financial institutions, software development companies, pharmaceutical companies, the World Bank, and the U.S. Navy.

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