David Ahlstrom is a Professor, Department of Management in the Faculty of Business Administration at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also the Director of the Georgetown Summer Program in China and teaches for Georgetown University during the summer break. Before assuming his position at The Chinese University in 1996, he was an instructor at New York University's Stern School of Business from 1993-1996.

David's professional interests include international management, managing in Greater China, venture capital and entrepreneurship in emerging economies. He has authored over one hundred peer-reviewed papers, about fifty of which have appeared in academic journals or as book chapters. His research has appeared in a number of journals including the Academy of Management Review (AMR), Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Business Venturing, Academy of Management Executive (now Academy of Management Perspectives), Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Business Horizons, and Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice.

David is in-coming Editor-In-Chief of the Asia Pacific Journal of Management - the official journal of the Asia Academy of Management, and on the editorial boards of three other journals (Journal of Small Business Management, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, and the SAM Advanced Management Journal). He is a regular ad-hoc reviewer for AMR, Organization Science, JIBS, JMS, T-IBR, and Human Relations.

David has participated in consulting and training projects with numerous organizations including DBS Bank (Hong Kong), J.P. Morgan (New York), VTech (Hong Kong), Hang Seng Bank (Hong Kong), Parkway Hospital Group (Singapore), Sakura (Tokyo), the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIMA), India, the Hong Kong Government, Hong Kong Technology Centre (Hong Kong Government), the Hong Kong Jockey Club, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, and a number of East Asian, European, and North American universities.

David received his PhD from New York University's Stern School of Business and other graduate degrees from New York University and the University of Hawaii in international business.

David Ahlstrom has been personally trained by Dr. Robert Cialdini and is an accomplished Cialdini Method Certified Trainer (CMCT)

About David Dr. Cialdini says: "David Alhstrom provides the perfect picture of the credible communicator--a combination of knowledge and trustworthiness that audiences respond to fully and deeply."