PLEASE NOTE – many of the publications below can be accessed for free from the following link

—————

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

  1. Cooney, T.M., and O’Connor, A. (1996) – Perceived Barriers to Innovation in SMEs – Irish Marketing Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp 87-97
  2. Cooney, T.M. and Malinen, P. (2004) – Firm Growth As a Research Issue – ECSB Online Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp 4-16
  3. Cooney, T.M. (2005) – What is an Entrepreneurial Team? (Guest Editorial) – International Small Business Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp 226-235
  4. O’Gorman, W. and Cooney, T.M. (2007) – An Anthology of Enterprise Policy in Ireland – Irish Journal of Management, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp 1-28
  5. Cooney, T.M. (2008) – Celtic Tiger Found in Education Jungle (Research Note) – Education and Training, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp 64-66
  6. Cooney, T.M. (2008) – Why is Community Entrepreneurship Worth Debating? (Guest Editorial) – Journal of Enterprising Communities, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp 97-99
  7. Cooney, T.M. (2008) – Entrepreneurs with Disabilities – Profile of a Forgotten Minority – Irish Business Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 119-129
  8. Cooney, T.M. (2009) – Entrepreneurial Teams: Comparing US and Irish High-Growth Software Firms Through Structure and Strategy – Management Research Review, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp 580-591
  9. Cooney, T.M. (2009) – Developing Entrepreneurship Programmes for Female Members of the Irish Traveller Community – International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp 134-147
  10. Cooney, T.M. and Mumby-Croft, R. (2009) – Supreme Seafoods – Irish Business Journal, Vol.5, Iss.1, pp 5-12
  11. Cooney, T.M., Silver, J.A.K., and Ratcliffe, A. (2009) – Supporting value creation by reducing cultural distance as a barrier to exporting – International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp.205-219
  12. Cooney, T.M. and Sebestova, J. (2010) – FDI as an Economic Growth Strategy in the Czech Republic: Lessons from Ireland – Irish Business Journal, Vol.6, No.1, pp.63-75
  13. Heinonen, J.; Hytti, U. and Cooney, T.M. (2010) – The Context Matters: Understanding the Evolution of Finnish and Irish Entrepreneurship Policies – Management Research Review, Vol. 33 Iss: 12, pp.1158 – 1173
  14. Cooney, T.M. (2012) – Reducing Recidivism Through Entrepreneurship Programmes Inside Prison – International Journal for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol 13, No 2, 2012, pp 99–107
  15. Cooney, T.M. (2012) – Opportunities for Research and Support in Minority Entrepreneurship – Economia e Societa Regionale, Vol.115, No.1, pp 101-121
  16. Malinen, P. and Cooney, T.M. (2012) – Wristop: Market Selection for Medical Technologies – Piccola Impresa, Vol.25, No.1, pp 125-135
  17. Cooney, T.M. (2013) – Offering Minority Communities Equal Opportunities Through Entrepreneurship – Ciencias Economicas, Vol 10. No 2, pp 73-86
  18. Foley, D. and Cooney, T.M. (2017) – Entrepreneurship, Enterprise and Irish Travellers – Small Enterprise Research, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp 73-87
  19. Osaghae, O.G. and Cooney, T.M. (2019) – Exploring the Relationship Between Immigrant Enclave Theory and Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurial Opportunity Formation – Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 45,
  20. Futonge Nzembayie, K.; Buckley, A. and Cooney, T.M. (2019) – Researching Pure Digital Entrepreneurship: A Multimethod Insider Action Research Approach – Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Vol 11, June
  21. O’Brien, E.; Cooney, T.M. and Blenker, P. (2019) – Expanding University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems to Under-represented Communities – Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 384-407
  22. Cussen, N. and Cooney, T.M. (2019) – Exploring Alternative Approaches to Entrepreneurial Exporting: Internationalisation through an Effectual Lens – Small Enterprise Research, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp 164-178
  23. Benson, C.C.; Palin, G.R.; Cooney, T.M. and Farrell, K. (2019). Agents of Change: Using Transformative Learning Theory to Enhance Courses in Business Ethics and Social Entrepreneurship. Journal of Legal Studies in Business, Vol. 22, pp 98-167
  24. Njoku, K. and Cooney, T.M. (2020). How Does the Man-Know-Man Network Culture Influence Transnational Entrepreneurship? Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp 163–181
  25. Ciprikis, K.; Gavigan, S. and Cooney, T.M. (2020). The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on Self-Employment of Rural Female Entrepreneurs in Uganda. Small Enterprise Research, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp 180-194
  26. Njoku, K. and Cooney, T.M. (2021). How is Immigrant Entrepreneurial Opportunity Formation Influenced by Interactions between Home and Host Countries? International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Forthcoming

BOOKS

  1. Cooney, T.M. and Hill, S. (2002) – New Venture Creation in Ireland – Oak Tree Press, Cork
  2. Cooney, T.M. (2005)  – Irish Cases in Entrepreneurship – Blackhall Publishing, Dublin
  3. Cooney, T.M. and Rickie A. Moore (2007) – European Cases in Entrepreneurship – Blackhall Publishing, Dublin
  4. Cooney, T.M. (2010) – Fast-Growth Firms and Entrepreneurial Teams – Lambert Academic Publishing
  5. Cooney, T.M. (2010) – Entrepreneurship Cases: Looking Beyond Commercial – Lambert Academic Publishing
  6. Cooney, T.M. (2011) – Cases in European Entrepreneurship – Dublin Institute of Technology
  7. Ben-Hafaiedh, C. and Cooney, T.M. (2017) – Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Teams – Edward Elgar, Cheltenham
  8. Cooney, T.M. (2018) – Entrepreneurship Book of Vietnamese Cases – University of Danang, Vietnam
  9. Cooney, T.M. (2018) – Understanding the Development of Small Business Policy – Routledge, Abingdon
  10. Cooney, T.M. (2021, forthcoming) – The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Entrepreneurship – Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

  1. Lordan, M. and Cooney, T.M. (2002) – Finding the Business Idea – From “New Venture Creation in Ireland” (Editor – T.M. Cooney) – Oak Tree Press, Cork
  2. Cooney, T.M. (2002) – Entrepreneurship in Different Contexts – From “New Venture Creation in Ireland” (Editor – T.M. Cooney) – Oak Tree Press, Cork
  3. Elliot, C.; Weller, P. and Cooney, T.M. (2003) – The Small Business Service’s Research Agenda on Female Entrepreneurship – From “ARPENT Vol. 1 (Editor – D. Watkins) – EFMD, Brussels
  4. Cooney, T. M., Heinonen, J. and Hytti, U. (2008) – A Comparative Analysis of Innovation Policy between Ireland and Finland – From “Work in Progress” (Editors – P. Malinen and K. Paasio) – Turku School of Economics
  5. Cooney, T.M. (2009) – Understanding Fast-Growth Firms Founded by Entrepreneurial Teams Through Structure and Strategy – From “The Management of Small and Medium Enterprises” (Editors – M. Fink and S. Kraus) – Routledge, UK
  6. Šebestová, J. and Cooney, T.M. (2013) – How Can a Health Care Business Achieve Strategic Elasticity in a Crisis Environment – From “Social Entrepreneurship: Leveraging Economic, Political, and Cultural Dimensions” (Editors – A. Lundstrom; C. Zhou; Y. von Friedrichs; E. Sundin) Springer, UK
  7. Cooney, T.M. and Foley, D. (2017) – Entrepreneurial Activity among Irish Traveller Women: An Insight into the Complexity of Survival – From “The Routledge Companion  to Global Female Entrepreneurship” (Editors – C. Henry, T. Nelson and K.V. Lewis) – Routledge, UK
  8. Kinoti, M.W., Kihiko, M.K. and Cooney, T.M. (2017) – Women Empowerment Through Government Loan Entrepreneurship Teams – From “Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Teams” (Editors – C. Ben-Hafaiedh and T.M. Cooney) – Edward Elgar, Cheltenham
  9. Cooney, T.M. (2017) – The Use of Case Studies in Entrepreneurship Education – From “The Sage Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Small Business” (Editors – R. Blackburn, D. DeClercq and J. Heinonen) – SAGE Publishing
  10. Cooney, T.M. (2018) – Introduction – From “Understanding the Development of Small Business Policy” (Editor – T.M. Cooney) – Routledge, Abingdon
  11. Njoku, K and Cooney, T.M. (2019) – Understanding How Immigrant Entrepreneurs View Business Opportunity Through Ethnicity – From “Creating Entrepreneurial Space: Talking Through Multi-Voices, Reflections on Emerging Debates, Vol.1” (Editors: D. Higgins, P. Jones, P. McGowan) – Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley
  12. Cooney, T.M. and Licciardi, M. (2019) – The Same but Different: Understanding Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Disadvantaged Communities – From: “Entrepreneurial Behaviour: Individual, contextual and Micro-Foundational Perspectives” (Editors: M. McAdam and J. Cunningham) – Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke
  13. O’Brien, E. and Cooney, T.M. (2019) – Moving Outside the Ivory Tower: How Can Higher Education Institutions Engender Enterprising Behaviour from Within Under-represented Communities? – From: “Managing and Administering HEIs in Times of Change” (Editors: A. Visvizi, M. Lytras and A. Sarirete) – Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley
  14. Njoku, K. and Cooney, T.M. (2020) – The Influence of Ethnicity on Entrepreneurship Opportunity Formation (EOF) Amongst Immigrants – From: Developing Entrepreneurial Competencies for Start-Ups and Small Business (Editor: J. Šebestová) – IGI Global, Hershey, PA

  15. Sareen, S.; Kidney, E. and Cooney, T.M. (2020) – Entrepreneurial Teams and Social Media – Understanding Social Media and Entrepreneurship: The Business of Hastags, Likes and Tweets (Editors: L.Schjoedt, M. Brännback and A. Carsrud), Springer 

  16. Gavigan, S.; Cooney, T.M. and Ciprikis, K. (2020) – Nascent Entrepreneurship for Rural Women in Uganda – From: Research Handbook on Women’s Entrepreneurship and Value Creation (Editors: S. Yousafzai, A. Lindgreen, S. Saeed, C. Henry and A. Fayolle, Edward Elgar Publishing (forthcoming)

CASE STUDIES PUBLISHED

  1. General Records (2005) – ‘Irish Cases in Entrepreneurship’ (Ed. T. M. Cooney) – Blackhall Publishing, Dublin, 2005, pp 22-31
  2. Guardian Angel (2007) – ‘Irish Cases in Entrepreneurship, Vol. 2’ (Eds. C. Henry and P. McGowan) – Blackhall Publishing, Dublin, pp 41-64
  3. Daft.ie (2007) – ‘Ernst and Young – Irish Entrepreneurs’ (Ed. C. Henry) – Ernst and Young, Dublin, pp 25-36
  4. South Hill Enterprises (2007) – ‘European Cases in Entrepreneurship’ (Eds. T.M. Cooney and R.A. Moore) – Blackhall Publishing, Dublin, pp 125-140
  5. Digicel Foundation (2008) – ‘Ernst and Young – Irish Entrepreneurs, Vol. 2’ (Ed. C. Henry) – Ernst and Young, Dublin, pp 34-48
  6. Supreme Seafoods (2009)(co-authored with R.Mumby-Croft) – Irish Business Journal – Vol. 5, No. 1, pp 5-12
  7. Heylen bvba (2010) – ‘Entrepreneurship Cases: Looking Beyond Commercial’  (T. M. Cooney) – Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, pp 93-103
  8. De Boerinn (2010) – ‘Entrepreneurship Cases: Looking Beyond Commercial’  (T. M. Cooney) – Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, pp 10-22
  9. Echinades Fish Farm (2010) – ‘Entrepreneurship Cases: Looking Beyond Commercial’  (Ed. T.M. Cooney) – Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, pp 36-47
  10. EcoServe (2010) – ‘Entrepreneurship Cases: Looking Beyond Commercial’  (Ed. T.M. Cooney) – Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbruken, pp 48-61
  11. Beck Hallestrom (2011) (co-authored with J. Manning) – ‘Cases in European Entrepreneurship’ (Ed. T.M. Cooney) – Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, pp 1-12
  12. G.J. Belfrost (2011) (co-authored with J. Manning) – ‘Cases in European Entrepreneurship’ (Ed. T.M. Cooney) – Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, pp 151-167
  13. Cafe Jubilee (2011) (co-authored with O.Cutajar) – ‘Entrepreneurship – Fallstudien’ (Ed. S.Kraus) – SpringerWienNewYork, Germany, pp 219-234
  14. Getmor (2011) (co-authored with J.Cieslik and I.Koladkiewicz) – ‘Entrepreneurship – Fallstudien’ (Ed. S.Kraus) – SpringerWienNewYork, Germany, pp 269-280
  15. David Lysaght (2012) – ‘Entrepreneurship and Small Firms’ (6th Edition by David Deakins and Mark Freel) – McGraw Hill, London, pp 57-59
  16. Wristop (2012) (co-authored with P. Malinen) – Piccola Impresa, Vol.25, No.1, pp 125-135
  17. Mobitrix (2017) (co-authored with A. Van Gils) – Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice: Paradoxes in Play (2nd Edition by Suna Løwe Nielsen, Kim Klyver, Majbritt Rostgaard Evald and Torben Bager) – Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp 155-159
  18. Wings for Children (2018) – Entrepreneurship Book of Vietnamese Cases (Editor – T.M. Cooney) – University of Danang

CASE WRITING WORKSHOPS PRESENTED

  1. RENT Conference, Copenhagen, November 26th 2004
  2. RENT Conference, Naples, November 18th 2005
  3. FinPin Seminar, Turku, September 18th 2008
  4. INTRE Workshop, Dublin, October 10th 2009
  5. RENT Conference, Covilha, November 20th 2008
  6. EM Lyon Workshop, Lyon, December 2nd 2008
  7. EFMD Conference, Barcelona, February 27th 2009
  8. ICSB Conference, Seoul, June 23rd 2009
  9. Online Webinar, Internet, October 21st 2009
  10. USASBE Conference, Nashville, January 15th 2010
  11. PODIM Conference, Maribor, April 15th 2010
  12. ACE Initiative, Dublin, April 23rd 2010
  13. Nordic Conference on Small Business Research, Kolding, May 19th 2010
  14. ICSB Conference, Cincinnati, June 25th 2010
  15. ISBE Conference, Sheffield, November 8th 2011
  16. RENT Conference, Bodo, November 16th 2011
  17. Webinar, January 26th 2012
  18. EFMD Conference, Maastricht, March 5th 2012
  19. Red PyMEs Conference, Sao Paulo, September 27th 2012
  20. RENT Conference, Lyon, November 21st 2012
  21. ICSB Conference, Dublin, June 11th 2014
  22. Online Webinar, Internet, January 29th 2015
  23. 3E Conference, Cork, May 10th 2017

EDITOR OF JOURNAL

  1. Small Enterprise Research from September 2015 – January 2019, plus Deputy Editor from February 2019 – December 2020

GUEST EDITOR OF JOURNALS

  1. ECSB Inter-RENT Online Journal (November 2004)
  2. International Small Business Journal (July 2005)
  3. Irish Journal of Management (November 2007)
  4. Journal of Enterprising Communities (June 2008)
  5. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (May 2012)

MEMBER OF JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARDS

  1. International Small Business Journal
  2. Education and Training
  3. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

REPORTS/RESEARCH PAPERS

  1. Cooney, T.M. and Murray, T. (2008) – Graduate Entrepreneurship in Ireland – National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship, Birmingham (UK)
  2. Cooney, T.M. and Kidney, E. (2008) – Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy in Ireland – Enterprise Ireland, Dublin
  3. Cooney, T.M. and Flynn, A. (2008) – Mapping Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Ireland – Enterprise Ireland, Dublin
  4. Cooney, T.M. and Flynn, A. (2009) – Growth Orientated Firms in Donegal – Donegal CEB, Donegal
  5. Cooney, T.M (2009) – What Entrepreneurship Skills Are Important to Innovation in SMEs and How Should They be Promoted Through Policy? – OECD, Paris
  6. Cooney, T.M.; Manning, J.; Arisha, A. and Smyth, P. (2011) – Muslim Entrepreneurship in Ireland – Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin
  7. OECD (2016) – Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in Ireland – OECD, Paris
  8. OECD (2017) – The Missing Entrepreneurs: Ireland – OECD, Paris
  9. OECD (2019) – The Missing Entrepreneurs: Ireland – OECD, Paris
  10. Cooney, T.M. and Aird, B. (2020) – Pathway to Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities in Ireland – TU Dublin, Dublin.
  11. Cooney, T.M. (2020) – Supporting People from Marginalised Communities into Employment – The Open Doors Initiative, Dublin

CONFERENCE SPEECHES

  1. The SBS Research Strategy: What Is In It For You? – 23rd ISBA Conference  – Aberdeen, November 16th 2000
  2. Structures and Strategies for Fast-Growth Firms – 3rd Annual IBA Cross Border Conference – Newry, October 3rd 2001
  3. Sucess is A Choice – 21st IMTA Conference – Tralee, May 8th 2003
  4. Debunking the Myths of Entrepreneurship – START BioConnect Conference – Dublin, November 12th 2003
  5. Enterprise Education in Ireland – Enterprise Development Forum – Waterford, May 6th 2004
  6. Entrepreneurship and Bio-Technology – BioBiz Conference – Dublin, December 1st 2004
  7. Graduate Entrepreneurship in Ireland – International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference – York, September 12th 2006
  8. Understanding Entrepreneurship – CEBs Assistant CEOs Conference – Sligo, September 21st 2006
  9. Entrepreneurship and Social Inclusion – Entrepreneurship Sans Frontieres – Prague, November 15th 2007
  10. Debunking the Myths of Entrepreneurship – Donegal Enterprise Week – March 10th 2008
  11. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy in Ireland – IPREG Seminar – Brussels, April 17th 2008
  12. SME Policy in the European Union – Dell Summit – Wicklow, October 30th 2008
  13. Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland – Spirit of Enterprise Forum – Dungarvan, December 5th 2008
  14. Educating for Entrepreneurship: A European Perspective – HEA Conference – Dublin, February 17th 2009
  15. Growth Orientated Firms in Donegal – Donegal Enterprise Week – Letterkenny, March 27th 2009
  16. Financing in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy – ECSB/IPREG Seminar – Brussels, April 27th 2009
  17. Social Entrepreneurship and the Student – European Commission Conference – Prague, May 14th 2009
  18. European Models of Entrepreneurship – Richard Cantillon Summer School – Ballyheigue, July 17th 2009
  19. Entrepreneurship and Minority Communities  (Keynote Speaker) – SEAANZ Conference – Wellington, September 2nd 2009
  20. Entrepreneurship Policy and Ireland – Ministry for Economic Development – Wellington, September 3rd 2009
  21. Traveller Enterprise and Employment: The IME Experience – Traveller Enterprise and Employment Forum – Dublin, October 1st 2009
  22. Why a Partnership Approach Between Academia and Industry Makes Sense for Both Parties (Keynote Speaker) – FinPin Conference, Joensuu, April 27th 2010
  23. Offering Minority Communities Equal Opportunities Through Entrepreneurship – 3rd Workshop on SME Innovation Processes – Urbino, September 16th 2011
  24. Challenges for Minority Entrepreneurship – 17th Annual Red PyMEs Conference – Sao Paulo, September 26th 2012
  25. Overcoming the Economic Challenges Facing EU Based SMEs – Korean Association of Small Business Studies Fall Conference – Seoul, October 27th 2012
  26. Re-Imagining Entrepreneurship Education – European Training Foundation Conference – Brussels, November 15th 2012
  27. Cities and Regions as the Drivers of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Growth and Jobs – EU Ministers for Enterprise Competitiveness Council – Dublin, May 3rd 2013
  28. Minority Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprise and other Opportunities – Entreprenorskapsdagar – Ostersund, October 2nd 2013
  29. Given the Right Kind of Encouragement, Everyone Can Become a Successful Entrepreneur – EU SME Assembly – Vilnius, November 26th 2013
  30. Developing an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem is Everyone’s responsibility – Fingal Mayor’s Economic Conference – Dublin, April 16th 2014
  31. Building Your Business Model – The Entrepreneur Exchange – Sligo, November 27th 2014
  32. The Importance of Financial Literacy for SMEs – 12th European Microfinance Network Annual Conference – Dublin, June 19th 2015
  33. Developing an Entrepreneurial Culture in Education – ETBI Conference – Galway, September 24th 2015
  34. Financing Growth and Entrepreneurship – Banking and Payments Federation Ireland Conference – Dublin, October 30th 2015
  35. Due Recognition for Entrepreneurs – Small Firms Association Annual Conference – Dublin, May 25th 2016
  36. Difability Entrepreneurs as Creators of Future Wealth – TedX Drogheda – Drogheda, September 17th 2016
  37. Entrepreneurship in the Post-Primary and Further Education and Training Curricula – ETBI Conference – Killarney, September 22nd 2016
  38. Launch Your International Career – Connect 16 – Dublin, September 28th 2016
  39. Stimulating SME Growth in Ireland – SME Research Stakeholder Conference – Dublin, April 26th 2018
  40. What does it mean to be entrepreneurial? – EIT Raw Materials Summit – Berlin May 22nd 2019
  41. Engaging with Minority Entrepreneurs – ASTP Conference – Dublin, May 23rd 2019

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS

  1. Cooney, T.M. – Designing Training Programmes for Social Economy Groups Across Cultures – 15th Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference 1995 – London, April 9 – 12.
  2. Cooney, T.M. and O’Connor, A. – Overcoming Perceived Barriers to Innovation in Excellent SMEs – 25th European Small Business Seminar 1995 – Limmassol, Cyprus, September 20 – 22.
  3. Cooney, T.M. and O’Connor, A. – Perceived Barriers to Innovation in Irish SMEs – 1st Entrepreneurship Research Network Ireland 1995 – UCD, Dublin, November 3 – 4.
  4. Cooney, T.M. and O’Connor, A. – Government Agencies: Their Role in Promoting Growth Through Innovation to SMEs – 16th Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference 1996 – Seattle, March 21 – 23.
  5. Ui Ghallachoir, K.; Wolfe, R. and Cooney, T.M. – A Gap Analysis of Infrastructural Support to Entrepreneurs in Biotechnology – 16th Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference 1996 – Seattle, March 21 – 23.
  6. Cooney, T.M. and O’Connor, A. – Stimulating Innovation in SMEs – 25th European Marketing Academy 1996 – Budapest, May 14 – 17.
  7. Cooney, T.M. and O’Connor, A. – A Survey of Percieved Barriers to Innovation Across Countries – 26th European Small Business Seminar 1996 – Vassa, September 11 – 13.
  8. Bannon, L. and Cooney, T.M. – Accessing Seed Funding: “Lessons from a Small Modern Economy – 2nd Entrepreneurship Research Network Ireland 1996 – Belfast, November 7 – 9.
  9. Cooney, T.M. and Bygrave, W.D. – The Evolution of Structure and Strategy in Fast-Growth Frims Founded by Entrepreneurial Teams – 17th Entrepreneurship Research Conference 1997 – Babson, April 16 – 19.
  10. Cooney, T.M. and Bygrave, W.D. – Fast-Growth Firms in the Software Development Industry Founded by Entrepreneurial Teams: Examining Their Evolutionery Process – 7th Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference 1997, Montreal, June 4 – 6.
  11. Cooney, T.M. and O’Connor, A. – Facing the Challenge – Towards a Better Understanding of Barriers to Innovation in Irish, Swedish, Finnish and Belgian SMEs – 27th European Small Business Seminar 1997 – Rhodes, September 17-19.
  12. Cooney, T.M. and O’Driscoll, A. – Fast-Growth Firms in the US Software Industry – 3rd Entrepreneurship Research Network Ireland 1997 – Belfast, November 19 – 21.
  13. Cooney, T.M. – Fast-Growth Firms Founded by Entrepreneurial Teams – RENT XI 1997, Mannheim, November 27 – 28
  14. Cooney, T.M. – Fast-Growth Firms in the US Software Development Industry: Are Entrepreneurial Teams The Route to Success? – 18th Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference 1998 – Gent, May 21-23
  15. Cooney, T.M. – What Structures and Strategies Do Fast-Growth Firms in the Irish Software Industry Utilise? – 1st Irish Academy of Management Conference, 1998 – Galway, September 10 – 11
  16. Cooney, T.M. and O’Connor, A. – Barriers to Innovation in Irish Manufacturing SMEs – 28th European Small Business Seminar 1998 – Vienna, September 16-18
  17. Cooney, T.M. – Success Factors of Fast-Growth Firms in the US Software Development Industry – 28th European Small Business Seminar 1998 – Vienna, September 16-18
  18. Cooney, T.M. and O’Driscoll, A. – High-Growth Firms in the Software Industry: Comparing Ireland with America Through Structure, Strategy, and Entrepreneurial Teams – 19th Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference 1999 – Columbia, U.S., May 12-14
  19. Cooney, T.M. – What Is The Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Teams, Structure and Strategy In Fast-Growth Firms – 44th International Council for Small Business Conference 1999 – Naples, June 20-23
  20. Cooney, T.M. and O’Connor, A. – Fast-Growth Firms Founded by Entrepreneurial Teams – Is the Combination of Structure and Strategy the Key to Success? – 29th European Small Business Seminar 1999 – Lisbon, September 15-17
  21. Cooney, T.M. – Team Ireland v. Team America – the Software Industry – RENT XIII 1999 – London, November 24 – 26
  22. Cooney, T.M – New Venture Creation Case: The Benefits For Non-Entrepreneurship Students – 10th IntEnt Conference 2000 – Tampere, July 10-12
  23. Cooney, T.M. and O’Neill, M. – Trends in SME Statistics: The Implications for Policy Makers and Researchers – 11th Small Business and Enterprise Development Conference 2001 – Leicester, March 29-30
  24. Cooney, T.M.; Atherton, A.M. and Richardson, P.A. – Is Our Understanding of Entrepreneurship Contingent Upon the Context in Which It Occurs? – 21st Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference 2001 – Jonkoping, Sweden, June 14-16
  25. Elliott, C.; Weller, P. and Cooney, T.M. – Mapping Female Entrepreneurship – 31st European Small Business Seminar 2001 – Dublin, September 12-14
  26. Atherton, A. and Cooney, T.M.- How does the person and process in entrepreneurship alter with different firm contexts? – RENT XV 2001- Turku, November 22-23
  27. Cooney, T.M. – Putting Entrepreneurship in Context – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2002 – Waterford, Sept. 5 – 6
  28. Cooney, T.M. – The Application of ICT in Irish SMEs – 32nd EISB Conference 2002 – Nice, Sept. 8 – 10
  29. Cooney, T.M. – Success is a Choice: Structures and Strategies of Fast-Growth Firms – RENT XVI 2002, Barcelona, November 21 – 22
  30. Cooney, T.M. and Bourke, A. – Identifying Gaps Between Possibilities and Practice of ICT in SMEs – 48th International Council for Small Business Conference 2003 – Belfast, June 16 – 18.
  31. Cooney, T.M. – ICT in SMEs: How Effectively is it Being Employed? – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2003 – Dublin, September 2 – 3.
  32. Moran, M.T. and Cooney, T.M. – To What Extent Can the Impact of Enterprise Education be Truly Evaluated by State Enterprise Development Agencies – RENT XVII 2003 – Lodz, November 19 – 21.
  33. Owusuansah, W.; Cooney, T.M. and Urquhart, J. – How Innovative is the Public Sector – RENT XVII 2003 – Lodz, November 19 – 21.
  34. Cooney, T. M. and Kuopusjarvi, P. – Enterprise Education in Europe: Finding Appropriate Methods for Evaluating Programmes – 49th International Council for Small Business Conference 2004 – Johannesburg, June 20 – 23.
  35. Cooney, T.M.; Urquhart, J. and Owusu-Ansah, W.A. – Engendering Innovation in the Public Sector – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2004 – Dublin, September 2 – 3.
  36. Moran, M.T. and Cooney, T.M. – An Evaluation of Start Your Own Business Programmes: How Effective Are They In Enterprise Creation and What Are Their Long Term Benefits? – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2004 – Dublin, September 2 – 3.
  37. Plunkett, B. and Cooney, T.M. – Irish SME’s Failure to Engage in the Strategy Process: The Impact on New Venture Growth – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2005 – Galway, September 8 – 9.
  38. Cooney, T.M. – Entrepreneurs with Disabilities: Profile of a Forgotten Minority – EFMD 36th EISB Conference 2006 – Southampton, September 6 – 8
  39. Laurincikova, L. and Cooney, T.M. – Profiling Home-Based Businesses: An Irish Perspective – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2006 – Cork, September 7 – 8.
  40. Plunkett, B. and Cooney, T.M. – Strategy: Exploring the Complex Theory of Everyday Practice – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2006 – Cork, September 7 – 8.
  41. Laurincikova, L. and Cooney, T.M. – Profiling Grey Entrepreneurs: An Irish Perspective – 20th RENT Conference 2006 – Brussels, November 22 – 24
  42. Ratcliffe, A. and Cooney, T.M. – Passport to Trade: Connecting Europe’s SMEs from East to West? – ISPIM Conference 2007 – Warsaw, June 17 -20
  43. Ratcliffe, A. and Cooney, T.M. – Does Understanding National Business Cultures Help Build Regional Development?  – ESRA Conference 2007 – Paris, August 29 – September 2
  44. Singh, S. and Cooney, T.M. – Mapping Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Ireland – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2007 – Belfast, September 4 – 5.
  45. Laurincikova, L. and Cooney, T.M. – Walking on Fire: A New Approach to Ethnic Entrepreneurship Training – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2007 – Belfast, September 4 – 5.
  46. Cooney, T.M. and Ratcliffe, A. – Passport to Trade: Facilitating Business Between Europe’s SMEs – EFMD 37th EISB Conference 2007 – Ljubljana, September 12 – 14
  47. Heinonen, J.; Hytti, U. and Cooney, T.M. – Similar Outcomes, Different Approaches: A Comparison of Finnish and Irish Entrepreneurship Policies – Nordic Conference on Small Business Research 2008 – Tallinn, May 21 – 23
  48. Cooney, T.M. – Entrepreneurship for Prisoners: An Alternative to Reoffending – Nordic Conference on Small Business Research 2008 – Tallinn, May 21 – 23
  49. Kidney, E. and Cooney, T.M. – Is There a Difference in Entrepreneurial Behaviour Between the Gay and Heterosexual Communities? – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2008 – Dublin, September 3 – 4.
  50. Cooney, T.M. – Developing Entrepreneurship Programmes for Female Members of the Irish Traveller Community – Diana Conference 2008 – Belfast, November 4
  51. Kidney, E. and Cooney, T.M. – Ghettos: a Potential Solution for Gay Entrepreneurs? – 31st ISBE Conference 2008 – Belfast, November 4 – 7
  52. Cooney, T. M., Heinonen, J. and Hytti, U. – Ireland and Finland: Shared Histories But Different Approaches to Innovation Policy 2009 – 54th International Council for Small Business Conference – Seoul, June 21 – 24.
  53. Heinonen, J., Hytti, U. and Cooney, T. M. – The Context Matters: Understanding the Evolution of the Finnish and Irish Entrepreneurship Policies – Academy of Management 2009 – Chicago, August 7-11.
  54. Kidney, E. and Cooney, T.M. – How Do Gay Entrepreneurs Differ? – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2009 – Galway, September 2 – 4.
  55. Walsh, L. and Cooney, T.M. – The Journey Towards Becoming an Entrepreneur: A Qualitative Study of Entrepreneurial Capital Development by Nascent Immigrant Entrepreneurs – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2009 – Galway, September 2 – 4.
  56. Cooney, T.M.; Palin, G. and Benson, C. – Combining Experiential Education and Entrepreneurship to Attack Social Issues: Perspectives from America and Ireland – 55th International Council for Small Business Conference 2010 – Cincinnati, June 25 – 27.
  57. Kabir, M. and Cooney, T.M. – Self-Employment and Empowerment: Why Career Options for Disabled People Need to be Reimagined  – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2010 – Cork, September 1 – 3.
  58. Cooney, T.M. – Reducing Recidivism Through Entrepreneurship Programmes for Prisoners – 24th RENT Conference 2010 – Maastricht, November 17-19
  59. Byrne, J and Cooney, T.M. – How Does Engendering Creativity Compare to Vocationally-Based Methodologies When Encouraging Enterprising Behaviour? – 56th International Council for Small Business Conference 2011 – Stockholm, June 16-18
  60. Sebestova, J. and Cooney, T.M. – How Can a Health Care Business Achieve Strategic Elasticity in a Crisis Environment? – 56th International Council for Small Business Conference 2011 – Stockholm, June 16 – 1
  61. Kabir, M. and Cooney, T.M. (2011) – Disabled Entrepreneurs: A Missing Piece in the Entrepreneurship Puzzle – 34th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, Sheffield, November 8-10
  62. Kidney, E. and Cooney, T.M. (2011) – What is the Relationship Between Disadvantage Theory and Gay Entrepreneurship? – 34th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, Sheffield, November 8-10
  63. Cooney, T.M., Farrell, K. and Hannon, P. (2011) – Returning to Ulysses: The Need for Ireland’s Higher Education Institutions to Re-Imagine the Provision of Entrepreneurship Education – 25th RENT Conference 2011 – Bodo, November 16-18.
  64. Benson, C.C.; Palin, G.R.; Cooney, T.M. and Farrell, K. – Agents of Change: Using Transformative Learning Theory to Enhance Social Entrepreneurship Education – 57th International Council for Small Business Conference 2012 – Wellington, June 10 – 12
  65. Farrell, K.; Cooney, T.M.; Benson, C.C. and Palin, G.R. – Understanding the Relationship Between Entrepreneurship Education, Experiential Learning Theory and Business Ethics – 11th IFSAM Conference 2012, Limerick, June 26-29
  66. Cooney, T.M.; Byrne, J.D. and Stratford, B. – Vocationally-Based Methodologies As Pedagogical Approaches to Fostering Entrepreneurship Among the Educationally Underprivileged – 34th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference 2012, Dublin, November 6-8
  67. Cooney, T.M. – An Exploration of Muslim Entrepreneurship in Ireland – 26th RENT Conference 2012 – Lyon, November 21-23
  68. Cooney,T.M.; Foley, J. and Kidney, E. – What’s the Story? An Innovative Approach to Understanding Finance – 3E Conference 2013, Aarhus, May 29-31
  69. Cooney. T.M. – The Relationship Between Business Ethics and Experiential Learning Theory – 27th RENT Conference 2013 – Vilnius, November 20-22
  70. Cooney, TM.; Backwell, C. and Foley, J. – The Pivotal Role of the Financial Perspective in Lean Start-Ups – 3E Conference 2014, Turku, April 10-11
  71. Šebestová, J.; Adámek, P. and Cooney, T.M. – Entrepreneurial Activity as a Driver of Economic Sustainability in the Czech Republic: Lessons from Ireland – 2nd International Conference on European Integration 2014, Ostrava, May 15–16
  72. Walsh, L. and Cooney, T.M. – Entrepreneurial Process and Cross-Cultural Adaptation: Experiences of Nascent Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Ireland – 59th International Council for Small Business Conference 2014, Dublin, June 11 – 14
  73. Kidney, E. and Cooney, T.M. – The Gay Connection: Exploring the Cultural Capital of Gay Entrepreneurs – 59th International Council for Small Business Conference 2014, Dublin, June 11 – 14
  74. O’Brien, E and Cooney, T. M. – How can Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) support the development of Entrepreneurial Mindsets in Local Communities – ECSB Entrepreneurship Education (3E) Conference 2017, Cork, May 10-12
  75. O’Brien, E and Cooney, T. M. – Investigating Contemporary Research Methods in the Exploration of Community Engagement and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education – European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies 2017, Dublin, June 22-23
  76. Godwin Osaghae, O. and Cooney, T.M. – How does Immigrant Enclave Theory Influence Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Ireland – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2017, Belfast, August 30th – September 1st (Winner of Best Paper – Entrepreneurship and Innovation Track)
  77. Futonge Nzembayie, K.; Buckley, A. and Cooney, T.M. (2017) – Researching the Digital Entrepreneurship Process: An Insider Action Research Approach – 32nd RENT Conference 2017, Lund, Sweden, November 16-17
  78. Osaghae, G.O. and Cooney. T.M. (2018). How Do Government Policies Influence Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship? UCD Diaspora, Diplomacy and Development Conference. Dublin, May 24-26
  79. Cooney, T.M., Kitching, J. and Kasperova, E. (2018). Policy Challenges in Supporting Entrepreneurs with Disabilities: A Funnel Approach. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Waterford, June 6-9
  80. Osaghae, O.G and Cooney. T.M. (2018). How Immigration Affects Immigrant Enclave Economy Formation. International Scientific Conference Entrepreneurship for the XXI Century. Warsaw, November 15-16.
  81. O’Brien, E and Cooney, T (2018). How can Higher Education Institutions engender enterprising behaviour from within disadvantaged communities? RENT Conference. Toledo, November 15-16.
  82. O’Brien, E and Cooney, T (2019). Expanding University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems to Under-represented Communities. United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). Florida, January 23-27
  83. Gavigan, S. and Cooney, T.M. (2019). How Does Entrepreneurship Training Alter Perceived Emancipation Amongst Rural Nascent Female Entrepreneurs in Uganda? Diana International Research Conference, Boston, June 2-5

PhD SUPERVISION

PhDs Supervised to Completion

  1. Lucia Walsh – What is the nascent entrepreneurial journey of an immigrant within an Irish context? (Graduated 2010)
  2. Etain Kidney – Gay Entrepreneurship in Ireland: An Exploratory Study (Graduated 2014)
  3. Kisito Futonge Nzembayie – Mechanisms Driving Digital New Venture Creation: An Enactive Study of Pure Digital Entrepreneurship in EdTech (Graduated 2019)   
  4. Osa Godwin Osaghae – What is the Relationship Between Immigrant Enclaves and Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Ireland? (Graduated 2020)
  5. Kingsley Njoku – How Does Ethnicity Influence Entrepreneurship Opportunity Formation Amongst Immigrant Entrepreneurs In Dublin? (Graduated 2020)
  6. Emma O’Brien – How can Higher Education Institutions Utilise Community Engagement to Support the Learning of Enterprising Behaviour in Disadvantaged Communities? (Will graduate in 2021)
  7. Jamie Meehan – How Does Convergence Influence Cluster-Based Economic Growth in Regions? (Will graduate in 2021)
  8. Sylvia Gavigan – The Contribution of Entrepreneurship Training Towards Perceived Emancipation Amongst Nascent Rural Female Entrepreneurs in Uganda (Will graduate in 2021)

PhD Students Currently Being Supervised

  1. Norah Cussen
  2. Con Kennedy
  3. Sona Sareen
  4. Ahsan Habib
  5. Maggie Clune
  6. Edi Oliveira
  7. Oliver Herbst
  8. Trudie Murray

PhDs External Examiner

  1. Whysnianti Basuki – Gender Factors in Strategic Managerial Behaviour in Small Medium-Sized Enterprises – Southampton Solent University (December 2009)
  2. Jane Hession – The Role of Human, Economic and Social Capital for First-Generation Polish Entrepreneurs in Their Pursuit of Self-Employment in Ireland – University of Limerick (April 2013)
  3. Leonie Kelliher – Schumpeter’s Bahnbrechen Considered in the Light of Native Title Legislation and Indigenous Entrepreneurship – University of Melbourne (June 2013)
  4. Stella Hoi Yan So – Ethnic Entrepreneurial Motivations and Learning: The Case of Chinese Entrepreneurs Across Two Generations – University of Ulster (May 2016)
  5. Serdar Temiz – Open Data and Innovation Adoption: Lessons from Sweden – KTH Royal Institute of Technology (February 2019)
  6. Terrence Brown – An Evolution of Crowdsourcing as a Tool for Marketing Activities – Lulea University of Technology (February 2019)
  7. Birte Hansen – Digital Entrepreneurship: Transforming and Creating Enterprises in Digital China – Roskilde University (October 2019)
  8. Saheed Adebayo Gbadegeshin – The Commercialisation Process of High Technologies – University of Turku (December 2019)
  9. Paul Keane – Role Model Interventions to Motivate Students to Consider Entrepreneurship as a Career – Waterford Institute of Technology (December 2020)

PhDs Internal Examiner

  1. Bruno Zilic – Resolving the Codification–Personalisation Dilemma in Knowledge Management: A Case Study of a German Car Manufacturer (May 2006) 
  2. Gillian O’Brien – From Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Responsible Behaviour: A Futures Approach (December 2009)
  3. Nicole Gross – Marketing in SMEs (March 2012)
  4. Ravshan Khaydarov – Accessing the Financial Mechanisms for Innovation Support in the Republic of Uzbekistan: A Comparative Analysis of Enablers and Constraints to Innovation Across Two Industries (November 2019)


Deprecated: get_currentuserinfo is deprecated since version 4.5.0! Use wp_get_current_user() instead. in /home/customer/www/thomascooney.ie/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4859