Dr Ross Brennan
Reader
Department: Marketing and Enterprise
Contact
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 8411 5861
- E-mail: R.Brennan@mdx.ac.uk
Qualifications
MA (Cantab)
MSc
DIC
PhD (Manchester)
Chartered Marketer
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Fellow of the RSA
Research Interests
- Business-to-Business Marketing
- Strategic Marketing
- The Academic/Practitioner Interface in Marketing and Management
- Marketing and Management Pedagogy
Research Supervision:
- Business-to-Business Marketing
The Interaction and Networks (IMP) Perspective on Marketing
Teaching Interests
- Business-to-Business Marketing
- Strategic Marketing
Biography
Media Expertise:
- Business-to-Business Marketing
- Marketing Education
Selected Publications:
- Brennan, R, (2006), "Evolutionary Economics and the Markets-as-Networks Approach", Industrial Marketing Management, 35 (7), 829-838,ISSN: 0019-8501.
- Brennan, R, Turnbull, T W, (2002), "Sophistry, relevance and technology transfer in management research: an IMP perspective", Journal of Business Research, 55 (7), 595-602, ISSN: 0019-8501.
- Brennan, R, Wilson, D T, Turnbull, T W, (2003), "Dyadic adaptation in business-to-business markets", European Journal of Marketing, 37 (11/12), 1636-1665, ISSN: 0309-0566.
- Brennan, R, Tunisini, A, Harrison, D and Baraldi, E, (2007),"Strategic Thinking and the IMP Approach: A Comparative Analysis", Industrial Marketing Management, 36 (7), 879-894,ISSN: 00198501.
Other Publications:
Authored Books:
- Armstrong, G, Kotler, P, Harker, M and Brennan, R (2009), Marketing: An Introduction, Harlow: Pearson
- Brennan, R, Baines, P and Garneau, P (2008), Contemporary Strategic Marketing, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2nd edition.
- Brennan, R, Canning, L and McDowell, R (2007), Business to Business Marketing, London: Sage.
Articles and Chapters in Edited Books:
- Brennan, R, and Turnbull, P W (1999), "Managing Inter-firm Adaptation Processes: An Examination of Case Study Evidence from the European Telecommunications Industry", in New Insights into Marketing: Cross-Cultural and Cross-National Perspectives, editors Schuster, C and Harris, P, International Business Press, 9-27, ISBN 0789007525.
- Brennan, R (2000), "Management of the Market Research Client/Agency Relationship", in Getting Better at Sensemaking: Advances in Business Marketing and Purchasing, editor Woodside, A, Connecticut: JAI Press, 119-141, ISBN 0762306335.
Brennan, R (2002), "Business to Business Markets and Marketing Research", in Baines, P and Chansarkar, B (eds.), Marketing Research, Chichester: Wiley, 245-257 ISBN 0471497703.
Refereed Articles:
- Brennan, R and Baines, P (2006), "Is there a morally right price for anti-retroviral drugs in the developing world?", Business Ethics: A European Review, 15(1), 29-43.
Eagle, L and Brennan, R (2007), "Are Students Customers? TQM and Marketing Perspectives", Quality Assurance in Education, 15(1), 44-60.
Baines, P, Brennan, R, Gill, M and Mortimer, R (2009), "Examing the Academic/Commercial Divide in Marketing Research", European Journal of Marketing, 43(11/12), 1289-1299.
Brennan, R, Eagle, L and Rice, D (2010), "Medicalization and Marketing", Journal of Macromarketing, 30(1), 8-22.
Conferences:
- Harker, M, Brennan, R, Ward, J and Fierro, J (2007), "The Teaching and Learning of Relationship Marketing", proceedings of the 36th EMAC conference, Reykjavik: Reykjavik University.
- Brennan, R and Baines, P (2007), "Perceptions of Research Relevance Among UK Marketing Academics", proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Annual Conference, London: Kingston University.
- Wilson, Jand Brennan, R (2007), "Influence of Relational Factors on International Joint Venture Performance", proceedings of the IMP Group Annual Conference, Manchester: University of Manchester.
- Baraldi, E, Brennan, R, Harrison, D and Zolkiewski, J (2007), "A Research Agenda for Interactive Strategy", proceedings of the IMP Group Annual Conference, Manchester: University of Manchester.
Editorships:
Editor: Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 2006-2007
Editorial Advisory Board, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 2007-
Honours and Prizes:
Winner of the award for the most outstanding paper in Marketing Intelligence & Planning 2003
Winner of the Hans Thorelli Award for the best paper in the European Journal of Marketing 2004
Winner of the award for the most outstanding paper in Marketing Intelligence & Planning 2005
Winner of the award for the best paper in the marketing education track, Academy of Marketing conference 2010
Winner of the outstanding reviewer award, Marketing Intelligence & Planning, 2010
Professional Membership:
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
- Chartered Marketer
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Member of the Academy of Marketing



