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Dr. Sinéad Monaghan
Associate Professor, Trinity Business School

Biography

Sinéad Monaghan is Associate Professor of International Business and Global Strategy. She is also Director of the MSc in International Management. Her research operates at the nexus of international business, international entrepreneurship and economic geography, centring on the process of firm internationalization. In particular, Sinéad seeks to understand the mechanisms of how firms rapidly move into international markets and what locational factors enable market insidership.

To date, her work has received significant interest within the academic community with publications in the Journal of International Business Studies, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research and Industry and Innovation, amongst others. She regularly presents her work at leading international conferences and is a member of the Academy of International Business, Strategic Management Society and Academy of Management. Sinéad has also received several prestigious honors, including the 'Neil Hood and Stephen Young Prize for the Most Original New Work' (2012), and research funding from the Irish Research Council. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business and Transnational Corporations. Sinéad is the IE-Scholar Regional Ambassador for the UK and Ireland and is the Membership Officer on the executive committee of AIB (UKI Chapter).

Prior to joining Trinity, Sinéad was Assistant Professor of International Business at Rutgers Business School (USA), having previously held a visiting position in University College Dublin and a post-doctoral scholarship at the University of Limerick. She has taught in the areas of International Business, Global Management and Strategy and International Human Resource Management at graduate and post-graduate levels and has delivered distinguished lectures and invited presentations at a number of leading international universities. Having worked closely with many international firms and government agencies, Sinéad has written a number of teaching cases and case study reports.

Sinéad is also a qualified Business and Executive Coach and Chartered Organizational Psychology. She works closely with individuals and firms to support change, growth and performance, and integrates her academic, personal, and professional experience to support leaders, executives, and organizations in maximizing their potential.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

5. Tippmann, E., Ambos, T., Del Giudice, M., Monaghan, S. & Ringov, D. , Scale-ups and Scaling in an international business context, Journal of World Business, 58, (1), 2023, p101397 Journal Article, 2023 URL

Tippmann, E., Monaghan, S. & Reuber, A.R., Navigating the paradox of global scaling, Global Strategy Journal, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 URL

Whole Networks in, editor(s)Professor Bruce Frey , The SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Design (2nd), Thousand Oaks, CA, USA, SAGE, 2021, [Sinéad Monaghan] Book Chapter, 2021

Reuber, R.A., Tippmann, E. & Monaghan, S., Global Scaling as a Logic of Multinationalization, Journal of International Business Studies, 52, (4), 2021, p1031 - 1046 Journal Article, 2021

Di Pietro, F., Monaghan, S. & O'Hagan-Luff, M., Entrepreneurial Finance and HRM Practices in Small Firms, British Journal of Management, 2021 Journal Article, 2021 TARA - Full Text

Piaskowska, D., Tippmann, E. & Monaghan, S., Scale-up modes: Profiling activity configuration in high-growth strategies, Long Range Planning, 54, (6), 2021 Journal Article, 2021 URL

HR function at MNC subsidiary level: Mediating challenges and tensions in, editor(s)Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson , Case studies in work, employment and human resource management, United Kingdom, Edward Elgar Publishing , 2020, pp216 - 222, [Jonathan Lavelle, Patrick Gunnigle, Sinéad Monaghan] Book Chapter, 2020

Monaghan, S., Gunnigle, P. & Lavelle, J., Subnational Location Capital: The role of socio-spatial factors in firm location, British Journal of Management, 31, (3), 2020, p618 - 635 Journal Article, 2020 URL

Monaghan, S., Tippmann, E. & Coviello, N., Born digitals: Thoughts on their internationalization and a research agenda, Journal of International Business Studies, 51, (1), 2020, p11 - 22 Journal Article, 2020 URL

Monaghan, S. & Tippmann, E., Industry Recipe-based Internationalization: Understanding recipe modifications in the context of rapid multinationalization of SaaS firms, European International Business Academy, University of Leeds, UK, December 2019, 2019 Conference Paper, 2019

Gunnigle, P., Lavelle, J. & Monaghan, S., Multinational Companies and HRM in Recession: A Retrospective from a Highly Globalised Economy, Thunderbird International Business Review, 61, (3), 2019, p481 - 489 Journal Article, 2019 URL

Monaghan, S. & Tippmann, E., Becoming a multinational enterprise: Using industry recipes to achieve rapid multinationalization, Journal of International Business Studies, 49, (4), 2018, p473 - 495 Journal Article, 2018 URL

Monaghan, S., Gunnigle, P. & Lavelle, J., Firm-location dynamics and subnational institutions: Creating a platform for collocation activities, Industry and Innovation, 25, (3), 2018, p242 - 263 Journal Article, 2018 URL

Monaghan,S., Digitization, Disintermediation and Internationalization, Academy of Management , Chicago, USA, August 7, 2018, Professor Becky Reuber and Professor Erkko Autio Invited Talk, 2018

Monaghan, S., Gunnigle, P. & Lavelle, J., Mapping Networks: Exploring the utility of social network analysis in management research and practice, Journal of Business Research, 76, 2017, p136 - 144 Journal Article, 2017 URL

O'Shea, D., Monaghan, S. & Ritchie, T., Career attitudes and satifaction during recessionary times., Journal of Managerial Psychology, 29, (3), 2014, p226 - 245 Journal Article, 2014 URL

Monaghan, S., Gunnigle, P. & Lavelle, J., 'Courting the multinational enterprise': Subnational institutional capacity and foreign market insidership, Journal of International Business Studies, 45, (2), 2014, p131 - 150 Journal Article, 2014 URL

Almond, P., Gonzalez Menendez, M., Gunnigle, P., Lavelle, J., Monaghan, S., & Murray, G. , Multinationals and regional economies: embedding the regime shoppers?, Transfer, 20, (2), 2014, p237 - 253 Journal Article, 2014 URL

Multinational corporations, Sub-national governance and Human Resources: A Cross-national comparison for Western Europe in, editor(s)Richet, X., Delteil, V. and Dieuaide, P. , Strategies of Multinational Corporations and Social Regulations: European and Asian Perspectives, Berlin, Germany, Springer, 2014, pp107 - 121, [Almond, P., Ferner, A., Gonzalez Menendez, M., Lavelle, J., Balbona Luque, D. & Monaghan, S. ] Book Chapter, 2014

Gunnigle, P., Lavelle, J. & Monaghan, S., Weathering the storm? Multinational companies and human resource management through the global financial crisis, Journal of International Manpower, 34, (3), 2013, p214 - 231 Journal Article, 2013 URL

Monaghan, S., Attraction and retention of foreign direct investment: The role of subnational institutions in a small highly globalised economy, Irish Journal of Management, 31, (2), 2012, p45 - 61 Journal Article, 2012

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Reuber, A.R., Tippmann, E. & Monaghan, S., Scaling a business globally: An integrative approach, Rotman Management Magazine, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 URL

Sinead Monaghan and Esther Tippmann, 'Digging deeper: how Irish subsidiaries drive international expansion', Irish Times, Irish Times, 2019, - Broadcast, 2019 URL

Tippmann, E. & Monaghan, S., Qualtrics: Rapid International Expansion, 2018 Case Study, 2018 URL

Sinead Monaghan, The road I travelled, Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference,, Babson College, 2018 Invited Talk, 2018

Sinead Monaghan, Rapid Multinationalization: Navigating the growth and scaling of firms, International Business and Enterprise Cluster, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, 2018 Invited Talk, 2018

Sinead Monaghan, Navigating the global scaling paradox, RAISED Seminar, Rutgers Business School, 2018 Invited Talk, 2018

Kim, J.K., Lee, A., Monaghan, S. & Mudambi, R., Fotonation: Leveraging international knowledge connectivity, 2016 Case Study, 2016 URL

O'Shea, Deirdre, Monaghan, Sinéad, The Millennial Generation: Insights into increasing work-related satisfaction., OMT, 2009 Report, 2009

Research Expertise

Projects

  • Title
    • Synergistic Networks between Multinational Subsidiaries and Subnational Actors
  • Funding Agency
    • Irish Research Council
  • Date From
    • September 2010
  • Date To
    • September 2013
  • Title
    • Evolutionary economic geography, international business and foreign direct investment (FDI)
  • Funding Agency
    • Irish Research Council
  • Date From
    • January 2013
  • Date To
    • September 2013

Keywords

entrepreneurial strategy; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); International Business; INTERNATIONALIZATION; MULTINATIONAL-ENTERPRISE; Qualitative research methods; Social Network Analysis; Strategic Management/ Strategy

Recognition

Representations

Co-founder, sponsor and organiser of Special Interest Group (SIG) in International Business at Irish Academy of Management (IAM) September 2013

Panel Organiser "Time, speed and pace of multinational activity", Academy of International Business (Annual Meeting) June 2016

External Examiner of PhD Thesis, University of Oviedo April 2017

JIBS Paper Development Workshop, European International Business Association (EIBA) December 2018, 2019

JIBS Paper Development Workshop, Academy of International Business (UK&I Chapter) April 2019, 2020

Journal of International Business Studies (ABS4*/FT50), Editorial Board Member February 2018

Journal of World Business (ABS4), Editorial Board Member August 2019

Transnational Corporations (ABS2), Editorial Board Member April 2019

AIB UK&I Executive Committee Member January 2020

IE-Scholar, Regional Ambassador for UK and Ireland November 2018

Host, Academy of International Business (UK&I Chapter), Paper Development Workshop 2019 and 2020 October 2019

External Examiner of PhD Thesis, University of East Anglia April 2020

Panel Organiser "Global Scaling: Scale-ups and Scaling in International Business", Academy of International Business (Annual Meeting) July 2020

AIB UK&I, Membership Officer January 2021

Panel Organiser at AIB-UKI 'International Entrepreneurship: Tips and Techniques for Effective Teaching' April 2021

Awards and Honours

Best Reviewer Award, Journal of International Business Studies (FT50/ABS4*) 2020

Trinity Business School Research Excellence Award 2020

Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund 2020

Best Reviewer Award, Journal of World Business (ABS 4) 2019

Trinity Business School Research Excellence Award 2019

Rutgers Advanced Institute for the Study of Entrepreneurship and Development (RAISED) 2015

Neil Hood and Stephen Young Prize for the Most Original New Work (AIB-UKI) 2012

New Foundations Award, Irish Research Council 2012

European Science Foundation 2011

Government of Ireland Doctoral Scholarship 2010

Memberships

Academy of International Business 2011 – Present

Academy of Management 2014 – Present

Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) - Chartered Psychologist 2014 – Present

Strategic Management Society 2015 – present

European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) 2024 – present

Association for Coaching (AC) 2024 – present