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Julian Birkinshaw

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Julian Birkinshaw
Alma materDurham University
University of Western Ontario
OccupationAcademic

Julian Birkinshaw FBA, FAcSS (born 16 October 1964) is a British academic. He is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School, where he is the Academic Director of the Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He is the author of four books on management.[1] In February 2024 he was appointed the Dean of Ivey Business School at Western University. He will assume the position starting 1 August 2024.[2]

Early life

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Julian Birkinshaw earned a BSc in Geology from Durham University, followed by a Master of Business Administration and PhD from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario.[3]

Career

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Birkinshaw is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School, where he is the Academic Director of the Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.[3]

Birkinshaw is the author of four books on management. His first book, Entrepreneurship in the Global Firm, published in 2000, was reviewed by William G. Egelhoff of Fordham University in the Journal of International Business Studies.[4] His fourth book, Becoming a Better Boss: Why Good Management is So Difficult, published in 2013, was reviewed in the Financial Times and the MIT Sloan Management Review.[5][6]

Birkinshaw was named the Dean of Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario in February 2024. He will officially take on the position by August 2024.[7]

Honours

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In 2012, Birkinshaw was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).[8] In 2015, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).[9] He is also a Fellow the Academy of International Business, and of the Advanced Institute of Management Research.[3]

Works

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As an author

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  • Birkinshaw, Julian (2000). Entrepreneurship in the Global Firm. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications. ISBN 9780761958093. OCLC 43419533.
  • Birkinshaw, Julian (2004). Strategic Management. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781843762782. OCLC 57002489.
  • Birkinshaw, Julian (2010). Reinventing Management: Smarter Choices for Getting Work Done. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 9780470750117. OCLC 522429311.
  • Birkinshaw, Julian (2013). Becoming a Better Boss: Why Good Management Is So Difficult. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 9781118645468. OCLC 829739779.

As a co-author

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As a co-editor

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References

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  1. ^ 'BIRKINSHAW, Prof. Julian Mark', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 5 Aug 2017
  2. ^ "Julian Birkinshaw named Ivey Business School Dean". Ivey Business School. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Denning, Steve (15 February 2011). "Interview with Julian Birkinshaw: Reinventing Management". Forbes. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  4. ^ Egelhoff, William G. (2001). "Reviewed Work: Entrepreneurship in the Global Firm by Julian Birkinshaw". Journal of International Business Studies. 32 (1): 203–205. doi:10.1057/jibs.2001.14. JSTOR 3069519. S2CID 168156750.
  5. ^ Stern, Stefan (4 September 2013). "Why are good managers such a rare species?". Financial Times. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  6. ^ Brokaw, Leslie (4 December 2013). "How to Be a Better Boss". MIT Sloan Management Review. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Julian Birkinshaw named Ivey Business School Dean". Ivey Business School. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Professor Julian Birkinshaw". British Academy. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  9. ^ "New Fellows Announced". Academy of Social Sciences. March 2015. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
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