Michael Carney, PhD

Professor, Management
Concordia University Research Chair, Management

Biography    Selected Publications   

Michael Carney has published extensively on the corporate and organizational strategies of Asia’s family-owned business groups. His research focuses on entrepreneurship and the comparative analysis of business, financial and governance systems and their influence upon the development of firm capabilities and national competitiveness.

He is the former Editor-in-Chief of Asia Pacific Journal of Management, He has published in Journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, Family Business Review, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of World Business, Management and Organization Review, Organization Studies, and Strategic Management Journal.

Education

PhD (University of Bradford)

Areas of expertise

• Business Groups
• Family Business
• Firm and National Competitiveness

View Michael Carney's CV

Liang Z, & Carney,M. "Business Group Persistence and InstitutionalMaturity: The Role of Management Practices. Industrial & Corporate Change, Forthcoming, May 2020.

Tajeddin,M., & Carney, M. (2019). African business groups: how does groupaffiliation improve SMEs’ export intensity? Entrepreneurship Theory andPractice, 43:6:1194-1222.

Ge,J., Carney, M., & Kellermanns, F. (2019). Who fills institutional voids?Entrepreneurs’ utilization of political and family ties in emergingmarkets. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43:6:1124-1147.

Carney,M; Estrin, S; Liang, S; & Shapiro, D. (2019) “National InstitutionalConfigurations, Foreign Ownership andFirm Performance:  The Case ofUnderstudied Countries” Journal of WorldBusiness, 54:4:244-257

Nason, R., Mazzelli, A., & Carney, M. (2019) “The ties that unbind: Socializationand business-owning family reference point shift” Academy of Management Review, 44:4:846-870 

Carney, M., Estrin, S., Shapiro, D., & Van Essen, M. (2018)“Business Groups Reconsidered: Beyond Paragons and Parasites” Academy of Management Perspectives, 32:4:93-516 

Carney,M. & Nason, R. (2018) “Family Business and the 1%” Business & Society,57:6:1191–1215

Carney, M.,Dieleman, M., & Taussig, M. (2016) “How are institutional capabilitiestransferred across borders?” Journal ofWorld Business, 51:6:882-894 

Carney, M. VanEssen, M. Gedajlovic, E. & Huegens, P. (2015) “What Do We Know About PrivateFamily Firm? A Meta-Analytic Review EntrepreneurshipTheory & Practice, 39:3:513-544 

Carney, M. Gedajlovic, E, & Strike, V. (2014)“Dead Money: Inheritance Law and the Longevity of Family Firms” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 38:6:1261-1283 

Gedajlovic, E. Carney, M. Chrisman, J. &Kellermanns, FW. (2012) The Adolescence of Family Firm Research: Taking Stockand Planning for the Future. Journalof Management, 38:4:1010-1037 

Carney, M. Gedajlovic, E. Huegens, P. Van Essen, M. & Van Oosterhout, J. (2011) “Business Group Affiliation, Performance, Context, andStrategy: A Meta-Analysis” Academy ofManagement Journal 54:3:437-460