Current Research Topics

Integrated strategy and political capability formation, political risk management and internationalization strategy, trade association configuration and influence, high-growth strategy process and practice

Selected Publications

With S.M. McGuire, “Does the WTO Matter?”, in Transformations in Global Governance: Implications for Multinationals and Other Stakeholders, Edward Elgar, 2007; with J.H. Lin, “Domestic Inter-Firm Networks and Corporate Internationalization: A Cross-Industry Study of Taiwanese SMEs,” in The Globalization of Chinese Enterprises, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008; Strategic Management in Aviation: Critical Essays, editor, Ashgate, 2008; with S. Finkelstein and C. Harvey, “Vision by Design: A Reflexive Approach to Enterprise Regeneration,” Journal of Business Strategy, 29(2), 2008; with J. Cunningham and D. Harrington, “U2: Keeping the Rhythm,” in Strategy and Strategists, Oxford University Press, 2009; with J. Story, “Reaching Across the Market: The Dynamics of Business-Government Relations,” in The Oxford Handbook on Business-Government Relations, Oxford University Press, 2009; with S.M. McGuire and J. Lindeque, “Multilateralism and the Multinational Enterprise: The WTO’s Influence on Strategy Process,” Business and Politics, 11(2), 2009; with T. Rajwani, “Designing Lobbying Capabilities: Managerial Choices in Unpredictable Environments,” European Business Review, 23(2), 2011; with A. Gogbashian, “Keeping the Legacy Carrier Competitive: How Can Mature Airlines Stay Ahead in the Low Fare Airline Era?", in Air Transport in the 21st Century: Key Strategic Developments, Ashgate, 2011; with T. Rajwani and C. O'Kane, “Strategic Reorientation and Business Turnaround: the Case of Global Legacy Airlines,” Journal of Strategy and Management, 4(2), 2011; with T. Rajwani and P. Reinmoeller, “Do You Have a Survival Instinct? Leveraging Genetic Codes to Achieve Fit in Hostile Business Environments,” Business Horizons, 55(1), 2012

Awards

Fellow, Strategic Planning Society; Fellow, Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA); invited member of the Teaching Committee, Business Policy and Strategy Group, Academy of Management, 2004–06; elected Representative at Large, the Practice of Strategy Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society, 2009–11

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Visiting Scholar, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy, University of California, Berkeley, 1993; Visiting Research Scholar, INSEAD, 1994–95; European Union HCM Fellow, University of Essex, 1995–96; Assistant Professor, Royal Holloway School of Management, University of London, 1996–2001; Associate Professor, Imperial College London, 2001–08; Visiting Professor, IESEG, Universite Catholique de Lille, 2002–04; Visiting Professor, Trinity College Dublin, 2004–10; Visiting Professor, Athens Laboratory of Business Administration, 2004–10; Visiting Associate Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business, 2004–06; Visiting Professor, Imperial College London, 2008–present; Professor of Strategy and International Business, EMLYON Business School, 2010–present; Visiting Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business, 2010–present

Nonacademic positions: Strategic Analysis and International Strategy Consultant, 1998–present; Associate Consultant, Quarto Consulting, 2000–present, Diversus, 2008–present, and The Olive Group, 2009–present; Managing Director, Kilcolman Associates, 2011–present;  Non-Executive Director, Mycaretaker Ltd., 2011–present 

Editorial positions: Member, International Editorial Board, Irish Journal of Management