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ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS
- Cooney, T.M., and O’Connor, A. (1996) – Perceived Barriers to Innovation in SMEs – Irish Marketing Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp 87-97
- Cooney, T.M. and Malinen, P. (2004) – Firm Growth As a Research Issue – ECSB Online Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp 4-16
- Cooney, T.M. (2005) – What is an Entrepreneurial Team? (Guest Editorial) – International Small Business Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp 226-235
- 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
- Cooney, T.M. (2008) – Celtic Tiger Found in Education Jungle (Research Note) – Education and Training, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp 64-66
- Cooney, T.M. (2008) – Why is Community Entrepreneurship Worth Debating? (Guest Editorial) – Journal of Enterprising Communities, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp 97-99
- Cooney, T.M. (2008) – Entrepreneurs with Disabilities – Profile of a Forgotten Minority – Irish Business Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 119-129
- 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
- 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
- Cooney, T.M. and Mumby-Croft, R. (2009) – Supreme Seafoods – Irish Business Journal, Vol.5, Iss.1, pp 5-12
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Cooney, T.M. (2012) – Opportunities for Research and Support in Minority Entrepreneurship – Economia e Societa Regionale, Vol.115, No.1, pp 101-121
- Malinen, P. and Cooney, T.M. (2012) – Wristop: Market Selection for Medical Technologies – Piccola Impresa, Vol.25, No.1, pp 125-135
- Cooney, T.M. (2013) – Offering Minority Communities Equal Opportunities Through Entrepreneurship – Ciencias Economicas, Vol 10. No 2, pp 73-86
- Foley, D. and Cooney, T.M. (2017) – Entrepreneurship, Enterprise and Irish Travellers – Small Enterprise Research, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp 73-87
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Cooney, T.M. and Hill, S. (2002) – New Venture Creation in Ireland – Oak Tree Press, Cork
- Cooney, T.M. (2005) – Irish Cases in Entrepreneurship – Blackhall Publishing, Dublin
- Cooney, T.M. and Rickie A. Moore (2007) – European Cases in Entrepreneurship – Blackhall Publishing, Dublin
- Cooney, T.M. (2010) – Fast-Growth Firms and Entrepreneurial Teams – Lambert Academic Publishing
- Cooney, T.M. (2010) – Entrepreneurship Cases: Looking Beyond Commercial – Lambert Academic Publishing
- Cooney, T.M. (2011) – Cases in European Entrepreneurship – Dublin Institute of Technology
- Ben-Hafaiedh, C. and Cooney, T.M. (2017) – Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Teams – Edward Elgar, Cheltenham
- Cooney, T.M. (2018) – Entrepreneurship Book of Vietnamese Cases – University of Danang, Vietnam
- Cooney, T.M. (2018) – Understanding the Development of Small Business Policy – Routledge, Abingdon
- Cooney, T.M. (2021, forthcoming) – The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Entrepreneurship – Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
- 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
- Cooney, T.M. (2002) – Entrepreneurship in Different Contexts – From “New Venture Creation in Ireland” (Editor – T.M. Cooney) – Oak Tree Press, Cork
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Cooney, T.M. (2018) – Introduction – From “Understanding the Development of Small Business Policy” (Editor – T.M. Cooney) – Routledge, Abingdon
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
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
- General Records (2005) – ‘Irish Cases in Entrepreneurship’ (Ed. T. M. Cooney) – Blackhall Publishing, Dublin, 2005, pp 22-31
- Guardian Angel (2007) – ‘Irish Cases in Entrepreneurship, Vol. 2’ (Eds. C. Henry and P. McGowan) – Blackhall Publishing, Dublin, pp 41-64
- Daft.ie (2007) – ‘Ernst and Young – Irish Entrepreneurs’ (Ed. C. Henry) – Ernst and Young, Dublin, pp 25-36
- South Hill Enterprises (2007) – ‘European Cases in Entrepreneurship’ (Eds. T.M. Cooney and R.A. Moore) – Blackhall Publishing, Dublin, pp 125-140
- Digicel Foundation (2008) – ‘Ernst and Young – Irish Entrepreneurs, Vol. 2’ (Ed. C. Henry) – Ernst and Young, Dublin, pp 34-48
- Supreme Seafoods (2009)(co-authored with R.Mumby-Croft) – Irish Business Journal – Vol. 5, No. 1, pp 5-12
- Heylen bvba (2010) – ‘Entrepreneurship Cases: Looking Beyond Commercial’ (T. M. Cooney) – Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, pp 93-103
- De Boerinn (2010) – ‘Entrepreneurship Cases: Looking Beyond Commercial’ (T. M. Cooney) – Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, pp 10-22
- Echinades Fish Farm (2010) – ‘Entrepreneurship Cases: Looking Beyond Commercial’ (Ed. T.M. Cooney) – Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, pp 36-47
- EcoServe (2010) – ‘Entrepreneurship Cases: Looking Beyond Commercial’ (Ed. T.M. Cooney) – Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbruken, pp 48-61
- Beck Hallestrom (2011) (co-authored with J. Manning) – ‘Cases in European Entrepreneurship’ (Ed. T.M. Cooney) – Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, pp 1-12
- 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
- Cafe Jubilee (2011) (co-authored with O.Cutajar) – ‘Entrepreneurship – Fallstudien’ (Ed. S.Kraus) – SpringerWienNewYork, Germany, pp 219-234
- Getmor (2011) (co-authored with J.Cieslik and I.Koladkiewicz) – ‘Entrepreneurship – Fallstudien’ (Ed. S.Kraus) – SpringerWienNewYork, Germany, pp 269-280
- David Lysaght (2012) – ‘Entrepreneurship and Small Firms’ (6th Edition by David Deakins and Mark Freel) – McGraw Hill, London, pp 57-59
- Wristop (2012) (co-authored with P. Malinen) – Piccola Impresa, Vol.25, No.1, pp 125-135
- 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
- Wings for Children (2018) – Entrepreneurship Book of Vietnamese Cases (Editor – T.M. Cooney) – University of Danang
CASE WRITING WORKSHOPS PRESENTED
- RENT Conference, Copenhagen, November 26th 2004
- RENT Conference, Naples, November 18th 2005
- FinPin Seminar, Turku, September 18th 2008
- INTRE Workshop, Dublin, October 10th 2009
- RENT Conference, Covilha, November 20th 2008
- EM Lyon Workshop, Lyon, December 2nd 2008
- EFMD Conference, Barcelona, February 27th 2009
- ICSB Conference, Seoul, June 23rd 2009
- Online Webinar, Internet, October 21st 2009
- USASBE Conference, Nashville, January 15th 2010
- PODIM Conference, Maribor, April 15th 2010
- ACE Initiative, Dublin, April 23rd 2010
- Nordic Conference on Small Business Research, Kolding, May 19th 2010
- ICSB Conference, Cincinnati, June 25th 2010
- ISBE Conference, Sheffield, November 8th 2011
- RENT Conference, Bodo, November 16th 2011
- Webinar, January 26th 2012
- EFMD Conference, Maastricht, March 5th 2012
- Red PyMEs Conference, Sao Paulo, September 27th 2012
- RENT Conference, Lyon, November 21st 2012
- ICSB Conference, Dublin, June 11th 2014
- Online Webinar, Internet, January 29th 2015
- 3E Conference, Cork, May 10th 2017
EDITOR OF JOURNAL
- Small Enterprise Research from September 2015 – January 2019, plus Deputy Editor from February 2019 – December 2020
GUEST EDITOR OF JOURNALS
- ECSB Inter-RENT Online Journal (November 2004)
- International Small Business Journal (July 2005)
- Irish Journal of Management (November 2007)
- Journal of Enterprising Communities (June 2008)
- International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (May 2012)
MEMBER OF JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARDS
- International Small Business Journal
- Education and Training
- International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing
REPORTS/RESEARCH PAPERS
- Cooney, T.M. and Murray, T. (2008) – Graduate Entrepreneurship in Ireland – National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship, Birmingham (UK)
- Cooney, T.M. and Kidney, E. (2008) – Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy in Ireland – Enterprise Ireland, Dublin
- Cooney, T.M. and Flynn, A. (2008) – Mapping Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Ireland – Enterprise Ireland, Dublin
- Cooney, T.M. and Flynn, A. (2009) – Growth Orientated Firms in Donegal – Donegal CEB, Donegal
- Cooney, T.M (2009) – What Entrepreneurship Skills Are Important to Innovation in SMEs and How Should They be Promoted Through Policy? – OECD, Paris
- Cooney, T.M.; Manning, J.; Arisha, A. and Smyth, P. (2011) – Muslim Entrepreneurship in Ireland – Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin
- OECD (2016) – Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in Ireland – OECD, Paris
- OECD (2017) – The Missing Entrepreneurs: Ireland – OECD, Paris
- OECD (2019) – The Missing Entrepreneurs: Ireland – OECD, Paris
- Cooney, T.M. and Aird, B. (2020) – Pathway to Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities in Ireland – TU Dublin, Dublin.
- Cooney, T.M. (2020) – Supporting People from Marginalised Communities into Employment – The Open Doors Initiative, Dublin
CONFERENCE SPEECHES
- The SBS Research Strategy: What Is In It For You? – 23rd ISBA Conference – Aberdeen, November 16th 2000
- Structures and Strategies for Fast-Growth Firms – 3rd Annual IBA Cross Border Conference – Newry, October 3rd 2001
- Sucess is A Choice – 21st IMTA Conference – Tralee, May 8th 2003
- Debunking the Myths of Entrepreneurship – START BioConnect Conference – Dublin, November 12th 2003
- Enterprise Education in Ireland – Enterprise Development Forum – Waterford, May 6th 2004
- Entrepreneurship and Bio-Technology – BioBiz Conference – Dublin, December 1st 2004
- Graduate Entrepreneurship in Ireland – International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference – York, September 12th 2006
- Understanding Entrepreneurship – CEBs Assistant CEOs Conference – Sligo, September 21st 2006
- Entrepreneurship and Social Inclusion – Entrepreneurship Sans Frontieres – Prague, November 15th 2007
- Debunking the Myths of Entrepreneurship – Donegal Enterprise Week – March 10th 2008
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy in Ireland – IPREG Seminar – Brussels, April 17th 2008
- SME Policy in the European Union – Dell Summit – Wicklow, October 30th 2008
- Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland – Spirit of Enterprise Forum – Dungarvan, December 5th 2008
- Educating for Entrepreneurship: A European Perspective – HEA Conference – Dublin, February 17th 2009
- Growth Orientated Firms in Donegal – Donegal Enterprise Week – Letterkenny, March 27th 2009
- Financing in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy – ECSB/IPREG Seminar – Brussels, April 27th 2009
- Social Entrepreneurship and the Student – European Commission Conference – Prague, May 14th 2009
- European Models of Entrepreneurship – Richard Cantillon Summer School – Ballyheigue, July 17th 2009
- Entrepreneurship and Minority Communities (Keynote Speaker) – SEAANZ Conference – Wellington, September 2nd 2009
- Entrepreneurship Policy and Ireland – Ministry for Economic Development – Wellington, September 3rd 2009
- Traveller Enterprise and Employment: The IME Experience – Traveller Enterprise and Employment Forum – Dublin, October 1st 2009
- Why a Partnership Approach Between Academia and Industry Makes Sense for Both Parties (Keynote Speaker) – FinPin Conference, Joensuu, April 27th 2010
- Offering Minority Communities Equal Opportunities Through Entrepreneurship – 3rd Workshop on SME Innovation Processes – Urbino, September 16th 2011
- Challenges for Minority Entrepreneurship – 17th Annual Red PyMEs Conference – Sao Paulo, September 26th 2012
- Overcoming the Economic Challenges Facing EU Based SMEs – Korean Association of Small Business Studies Fall Conference – Seoul, October 27th 2012
- Re-Imagining Entrepreneurship Education – European Training Foundation Conference – Brussels, November 15th 2012
- Cities and Regions as the Drivers of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Growth and Jobs – EU Ministers for Enterprise Competitiveness Council – Dublin, May 3rd 2013
- Minority Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprise and other Opportunities – Entreprenorskapsdagar – Ostersund, October 2nd 2013
- Given the Right Kind of Encouragement, Everyone Can Become a Successful Entrepreneur – EU SME Assembly – Vilnius, November 26th 2013
- Developing an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem is Everyone’s responsibility – Fingal Mayor’s Economic Conference – Dublin, April 16th 2014
- Building Your Business Model – The Entrepreneur Exchange – Sligo, November 27th 2014
- The Importance of Financial Literacy for SMEs – 12th European Microfinance Network Annual Conference – Dublin, June 19th 2015
- Developing an Entrepreneurial Culture in Education – ETBI Conference – Galway, September 24th 2015
- Financing Growth and Entrepreneurship – Banking and Payments Federation Ireland Conference – Dublin, October 30th 2015
- Due Recognition for Entrepreneurs – Small Firms Association Annual Conference – Dublin, May 25th 2016
- Difability Entrepreneurs as Creators of Future Wealth – TedX Drogheda – Drogheda, September 17th 2016
- Entrepreneurship in the Post-Primary and Further Education and Training Curricula – ETBI Conference – Killarney, September 22nd 2016
- Launch Your International Career – Connect 16 – Dublin, September 28th 2016
- Stimulating SME Growth in Ireland – SME Research Stakeholder Conference – Dublin, April 26th 2018
- What does it mean to be entrepreneurial? – EIT Raw Materials Summit – Berlin May 22nd 2019
- Engaging with Minority Entrepreneurs – ASTP Conference – Dublin, May 23rd 2019
REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS
- Cooney, T.M. – Designing Training Programmes for Social Economy Groups Across Cultures – 15th Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference 1995 – London, April 9 – 12.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cooney, T.M. and O’Connor, A. – Stimulating Innovation in SMEs – 25th European Marketing Academy 1996 – Budapest, May 14 – 17.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cooney, T.M. – Fast-Growth Firms Founded by Entrepreneurial Teams – RENT XI 1997, Mannheim, November 27 – 28
- 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
- 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
- Cooney, T.M. and O’Connor, A. – Barriers to Innovation in Irish Manufacturing SMEs – 28th European Small Business Seminar 1998 – Vienna, September 16-18
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Cooney, T.M. – Team Ireland v. Team America – the Software Industry – RENT XIII 1999 – London, November 24 – 26
- Cooney, T.M – New Venture Creation Case: The Benefits For Non-Entrepreneurship Students – 10th IntEnt Conference 2000 – Tampere, July 10-12
- 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
- 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
- Elliott, C.; Weller, P. and Cooney, T.M. – Mapping Female Entrepreneurship – 31st European Small Business Seminar 2001 – Dublin, September 12-14
- 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
- Cooney, T.M. – Putting Entrepreneurship in Context – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2002 – Waterford, Sept. 5 – 6
- Cooney, T.M. – The Application of ICT in Irish SMEs – 32nd EISB Conference 2002 – Nice, Sept. 8 – 10
- Cooney, T.M. – Success is a Choice: Structures and Strategies of Fast-Growth Firms – RENT XVI 2002, Barcelona, November 21 – 22
- 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.
- Cooney, T.M. – ICT in SMEs: How Effectively is it Being Employed? – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2003 – Dublin, September 2 – 3.
- 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.
- Owusuansah, W.; Cooney, T.M. and Urquhart, J. – How Innovative is the Public Sector – RENT XVII 2003 – Lodz, November 19 – 21.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cooney, T.M. – Entrepreneurs with Disabilities: Profile of a Forgotten Minority – EFMD 36th EISB Conference 2006 – Southampton, September 6 – 8
- Laurincikova, L. and Cooney, T.M. – Profiling Home-Based Businesses: An Irish Perspective – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2006 – Cork, September 7 – 8.
- Plunkett, B. and Cooney, T.M. – Strategy: Exploring the Complex Theory of Everyday Practice – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2006 – Cork, September 7 – 8.
- Laurincikova, L. and Cooney, T.M. – Profiling Grey Entrepreneurs: An Irish Perspective – 20th RENT Conference 2006 – Brussels, November 22 – 24
- Ratcliffe, A. and Cooney, T.M. – Passport to Trade: Connecting Europe’s SMEs from East to West? – ISPIM Conference 2007 – Warsaw, June 17 -20
- Ratcliffe, A. and Cooney, T.M. – Does Understanding National Business Cultures Help Build Regional Development? – ESRA Conference 2007 – Paris, August 29 – September 2
- Singh, S. and Cooney, T.M. – Mapping Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Ireland – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2007 – Belfast, September 4 – 5.
- 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.
- Cooney, T.M. and Ratcliffe, A. – Passport to Trade: Facilitating Business Between Europe’s SMEs – EFMD 37th EISB Conference 2007 – Ljubljana, September 12 – 14
- 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
- Cooney, T.M. – Entrepreneurship for Prisoners: An Alternative to Reoffending – Nordic Conference on Small Business Research 2008 – Tallinn, May 21 – 23
- 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.
- Cooney, T.M. – Developing Entrepreneurship Programmes for Female Members of the Irish Traveller Community – Diana Conference 2008 – Belfast, November 4
- Kidney, E. and Cooney, T.M. – Ghettos: a Potential Solution for Gay Entrepreneurs? – 31st ISBE Conference 2008 – Belfast, November 4 – 7
- 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.
- 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.
- Kidney, E. and Cooney, T.M. – How Do Gay Entrepreneurs Differ? – Irish Academy of Management Conference 2009 – Galway, September 2 – 4.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cooney, T.M. – Reducing Recidivism Through Entrepreneurship Programmes for Prisoners – 24th RENT Conference 2010 – Maastricht, November 17-19
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Cooney, T.M. – An Exploration of Muslim Entrepreneurship in Ireland – 26th RENT Conference 2012 – Lyon, November 21-23
- 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
- Cooney. T.M. – The Relationship Between Business Ethics and Experiential Learning Theory – 27th RENT Conference 2013 – Vilnius, November 20-22
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Lucia Walsh – What is the nascent entrepreneurial journey of an immigrant within an Irish context? (Graduated 2010)
- Etain Kidney – Gay Entrepreneurship in Ireland: An Exploratory Study (Graduated 2014)
- Kisito Futonge Nzembayie – Mechanisms Driving Digital New Venture Creation: An Enactive Study of Pure Digital Entrepreneurship in EdTech (Graduated 2019)
- Osa Godwin Osaghae – What is the Relationship Between Immigrant Enclaves and Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Ireland? (Graduated 2020)
- Kingsley Njoku – How Does Ethnicity Influence Entrepreneurship Opportunity Formation Amongst Immigrant Entrepreneurs In Dublin? (Graduated 2020)
- 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)
- Jamie Meehan – How Does Convergence Influence Cluster-Based Economic Growth in Regions? (Will graduate in 2021)
- 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
- Norah Cussen
- Con Kennedy
- Sona Sareen
- Ahsan Habib
- Maggie Clune
- Edi Oliveira
- Oliver Herbst
- Trudie Murray
PhDs External Examiner
- Whysnianti Basuki – Gender Factors in Strategic Managerial Behaviour in Small Medium-Sized Enterprises – Southampton Solent University (December 2009)
- 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)
- Leonie Kelliher – Schumpeter’s Bahnbrechen Considered in the Light of Native Title Legislation and Indigenous Entrepreneurship – University of Melbourne (June 2013)
- Stella Hoi Yan So – Ethnic Entrepreneurial Motivations and Learning: The Case of Chinese Entrepreneurs Across Two Generations – University of Ulster (May 2016)
- Serdar Temiz – Open Data and Innovation Adoption: Lessons from Sweden – KTH Royal Institute of Technology (February 2019)
- Terrence Brown – An Evolution of Crowdsourcing as a Tool for Marketing Activities – Lulea University of Technology (February 2019)
- Birte Hansen – Digital Entrepreneurship: Transforming and Creating Enterprises in Digital China – Roskilde University (October 2019)
- Saheed Adebayo Gbadegeshin – The Commercialisation Process of High Technologies – University of Turku (December 2019)
- Paul Keane – Role Model Interventions to Motivate Students to Consider Entrepreneurship as a Career – Waterford Institute of Technology (December 2020)
PhDs Internal Examiner
- Bruno Zilic – Resolving the Codification–Personalisation Dilemma in Knowledge Management: A Case Study of a German Car Manufacturer (May 2006)
- Gillian O’Brien – From Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Responsible Behaviour: A Futures Approach (December 2009)
- Nicole Gross – Marketing in SMEs (March 2012)
- 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)