Dr. Sinéad Monaghan

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.

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