Donald MacLean received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and
spent ten years working in the global optoelectronics industry before
joining the University of Glasgow in 1993 where he is now a professorial
research fellow. He is currently researching strategic management and
creative action in complex inter-organizational settings. He has
published extensively on strategy, complexity theory and research
process in a range of journals including the Strategic Management
Journal, The Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies and
Human Relations. He has extensive experience of industry through
management posts and on-going consultancy: for BT& Du Pont he ran the
Advanced Products line which commercialized the parent companies'
optoelectronic technologies, and he is currently the strategy leader for
the Institute of Directors in Scotland.