Centre for Innovation & Structural Change (CISC)

Dr. Conor O’Kane
BSc., MBS, PhD

Email – conor.okanenuigalway.ie
Phone – 091 492897, Ext. 2897

Taking up a permanent position as lecturer in Strategic Management in the Department of Management, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand - January 2011

Research interests

Strategic Turnarounds, Restructuring, Leadership, Principal Investigators and Academic Entrepreneurship

Conor O’Kane is undertaking his postdoctoral research on an IRCHSS (Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences) funded collaboration project between Dublin Institute of Technology and NUI Galway. The focus of this research project is on appraising the contributions and effectiveness of principal investigators in their delivery of publicly funded research. Conor completed his PhD in NUI Galway in 2008. This research employed four in-depth case studies to examine the role of top management leaders at different stages of the company turnaround process. During the PhD process Conor’s work was presented at a number of top standard conferences including the American Academy of Management 2007, the Strategic Management Society 2006, and the British Academy of Management 2005 and 2006. He also won two best paper awards at the Irish Academy of Management. Prior to this position, Conor worked in industry for a year in a business development and strategic advisory role for one of Ireland’s leading entrepreneurs. Conor also completed an MBS on Corporate Strategy and People Management at NUI Galway, as well as an undergraduate degree in Business Information Systems in University College Cork.

Awards and Publications

Best ’Leadership Track’ paper at the British Academy of Management, Sheffield, 2010

’Best Strategy Track’ paper award at the Irish Academy of Management in 2005

’Best Postgraduate’ paper award at the Irish Academy of Management in 2005

Recent publications, presentations etc.

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