Dezsö J. Horváth

Education

Horváth received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering in 1963 from Malmö Technical Institute in Malmö, Sweden, after which he began working as a researcher at ASEA (now ABB), a Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. He also continued his postgraduate studies at University of Umeå in Sweden, receiving an MBA in 1967, a PhD in Organizational Studies in 1972, and a PhD in Policy in 1976.

Engineering career

From 1963 to 1968, Horváth worked as an R&D engineer at ASEA, now known as ABB Group.

Academia

After leaving ASEA to pursue a career in academia, Horváth worked as a sessional lecturer at University of Umeå, teaching business administration students. He received his professorship at Umeå in 1972 along with his first Doctorate in Business Administration. In 1976 his academic career at York University started when he joined the Faculty of Administrative Studies as a visiting professor. One year later, he began to work as an associate professor at the same school. He was then appointed as the dean of the Schulich School of Business in 1988, and remains the dean to the present.

In addition to his duties as the dean, Horváth is a tenured professor at the Schulich School of Business and serves as a member of the York University Senate.

Honours

Horváth has been a Fellow of the World Economic Forum since 1995.

In 1995 he was awarded the Award of Merit by the B'nai B'rith Canada.

Since 1996 he has held the Tanna H. Schulich Chair in Strategic Management at the Schulich School of Business.

In 2004 he was named "Dean of the Year" by the Academy of International Business.

In 2008 he was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada by the Governor General of Canada.

In 2013 he was awarded the prestige of "Most Rank Resulting Dean" by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.