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
Tippmann, E., Monaghan, S. & Reuber, A.R., Navigating the paradox of global scaling, Global Strategy Journal, 2022
Whole Networks in, editor(s)Professor Bruce Frey , The SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Design (2nd), Thousand Oaks, CA, USA, SAGE, 2021, [Sinéad Monaghan]
Reuber, R.A., Tippmann, E. & Monaghan, S., Global Scaling as a Logic of Multinationalization, Journal of International Business Studies, 52, (4), 2021, p1031 - 1046
Di Pietro, F., Monaghan, S. & O'Hagan-Luff, M., Entrepreneurial Finance and HRM Practices in Small Firms, British Journal of Management, 2021
Piaskowska, D., Tippmann, E. & Monaghan, S., Scale-up modes: Profiling activity configuration in high-growth strategies, Long Range Planning, 54, (6), 2021
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]
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
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
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
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
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
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
Monaghan,S., Digitization, Disintermediation and Internationalization, Academy of Management , Chicago, USA, August 7, 2018, Professor Becky Reuber and Professor Erkko Autio
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
O'Shea, D., Monaghan, S. & Ritchie, T., Career attitudes and satifaction during recessionary times., Journal of Managerial Psychology, 29, (3), 2014, p226 - 245
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
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
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. ]
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
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
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Reuber, A.R., Tippmann, E. & Monaghan, S., Scaling a business globally: An integrative approach, Rotman Management Magazine, 2022
Sinead Monaghan and Esther Tippmann, 'Digging deeper: how Irish subsidiaries drive international expansion', Irish Times, Irish Times, 2019, -
Tippmann, E. & Monaghan, S., Qualtrics: Rapid International Expansion, 2018
Sinead Monaghan, The road I travelled, Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference,, Babson College, 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
Sinead Monaghan, Navigating the global scaling paradox, RAISED Seminar, Rutgers Business School, 2018
Kim, J.K., Lee, A., Monaghan, S. & Mudambi, R., Fotonation: Leveraging international knowledge connectivity, 2016
O'Shea, Deirdre, Monaghan, Sinéad, The Millennial Generation: Insights into increasing work-related satisfaction., OMT, 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
Recognition
Representations
Co-founder, sponsor and organiser of Special Interest Group (SIG) in International Business at Irish Academy of Management (IAM)
Panel Organiser "Time, speed and pace of multinational activity", Academy of International Business (Annual Meeting)
External Examiner of PhD Thesis, University of Oviedo
JIBS Paper Development Workshop, European International Business Association (EIBA)
JIBS Paper Development Workshop, Academy of International Business (UK&I Chapter)
Journal of International Business Studies (ABS4*/FT50), Editorial Board Member
Journal of World Business (ABS4), Editorial Board Member
Transnational Corporations (ABS2), Editorial Board Member
AIB UK&I Executive Committee Member
IE-Scholar, Regional Ambassador for UK and Ireland
Host, Academy of International Business (UK&I Chapter), Paper Development Workshop 2019 and 2020
External Examiner of PhD Thesis, University of East Anglia
Panel Organiser "Global Scaling: Scale-ups and Scaling in International Business", Academy of International Business (Annual Meeting)
AIB UK&I, Membership Officer
Panel Organiser at AIB-UKI 'International Entrepreneurship: Tips and Techniques for Effective Teaching'
Awards and Honours
Best Reviewer Award, Journal of International Business Studies (FT50/ABS4*)
Trinity Business School Research Excellence Award
Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund
Best Reviewer Award, Journal of World Business (ABS 4)
Trinity Business School Research Excellence Award
Rutgers Advanced Institute for the Study of Entrepreneurship and Development (RAISED)
Neil Hood and Stephen Young Prize for the Most Original New Work (AIB-UKI)
New Foundations Award, Irish Research Council
European Science Foundation
Government of Ireland Doctoral Scholarship
Memberships
Academy of International Business
Academy of Management
Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) - Chartered Psychologist
Strategic Management Society
European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)
Association for Coaching (AC)