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Dr Kieran Conroy

Queen's Business School
Kieran Conroy

Dr Kieran Conroy

Queen's Business School

Kieran's research lies at the intersection of global strategy and international management. He is interested in understanding the evolution of corporate strategies and global leadership in multinational firms. This includes headquarter-subsidiary relationships, global mobility, knowledge coordination, and global human capital. He teaches global strategy, international management, and international HRM. He has supervised several doctoral students to completion in these topics.

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  • k.conroy@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9097 5458

Research Interests

Topics broadly related to international strategy and global leadership in multinational firms. Open to proposals on issues such as corporate strategy development; headquarters-subsidiary relations; global mobility and human capital; identity formation of global leaders; knowledge orchestration; global value chains; and multinational responses to conflict.

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Public outreach & key achievements

I am Editorial Board member for the Journal of World Business as well as a member of the Strategic Management Society and the Academy of International Business.

https://theconversation.com/ireland-is-in-prime-position-to-profit-from-brexit-relocations-77876

https://theconversation.com/how-ireland-managed-to-keep-investment-flowing-during-the-tough-times-44379


Research students

PhD Title Orchestrating Global Digital Sustainability in Multinational Enterprises: A Meta-dynamic Capability Perspective
Name Claire Kilpatrick
Years of Study 2021 - 2025
   
PhD Title Building a scalable workforce in entrepreneurial firms: practices for reconciling the change-stability paradox
Name Odhran McIntaggart
Years of Study 2021 - 2025

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Business in War and Peace: Firms, Violent Conflict, and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Name Dr John Katsos
Current Position  Professor of Management, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship, American University of Sharjah

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