Peter McKiernan

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• 2021

  Open strategy: a systematic literature review and research agenda

  Sunner, A., Ates, A. & McKiernan, P., 6 Sep 2021, Strategic Responsiveness for a Sustainable Future: New Research in International Management . Andersen, T. J. (ed.). [Bingley, UK]: Emerald Publishing Limited, 19 p. (Emerald Studies in Global Strategic Responsiveness).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Literature Review 100%
  • Research Agenda 80%
  • Empirical Investigation 14%
  • Empirical Analysis 12%

• Towards a theory of effective scenario planning: a systematic review and critical interpretive synthesis

  Gokmen, G. & McKiernan, P., 17 Jun 2021, European Academy of Management Conference 2021: Reshaping Capitalism for a Sustainable World. Montréal, Canada, 41 p. (EURAM Conference).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Scenario Planning 95%
  • Interpretive 77%
  • Area Effects 19%
  • Scenario Development 16%
• 2020

  Strategic responses to low-cost competition; technological lock-in in the Dundee jute industry

  Masrani, S. K., McKiernan, P. & McKinlay, A., 31 Aug 2020, In: Business History. 62, 6, p. 960-981 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Jute 100%
  • Dundee 99%
  • Strategic Response 82%
  • Lock-in 81%
  • Resource-based View of the Firm 52%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Capturing managerial cognition and investigating the impact of scenario planning in the shipping industry

  Gokmen, G. & McKiernan, P., 3 Sep 2019, BAM 2019: 33rd Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management (2019). p. 1 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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  • Managerial Cognition 100%
  • Scenario Planning 91%
  • Shipping Industry 87%
  • Foresight 44%
  • Literature Review 40%
  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Responsible management research: a senior scholar legacy in doctoral education

  McKiernan, P. & Tsui, A. S., 1 Jun 2019, In: Academy of Management Learning and Education. 18, 2, p. 310-313 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Management Research 100%
  • Pathway 62%
  • Responsibility 45%
  • management 30%
  • education 19%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  47 Downloads (Pure)

• Stakeholders in strategy: their 'invisible' but significant presence

  Eden, C., Ackermann, F. & McKiernan, P., 1 Aug 2019. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  • Strategic Action 27%
  • Strategy Process 27%
  • Advisors 24%
  • Team Management 24%
  • Empirical Research 23%

• Synthesizing scenario planning and industry recipes through an analysis of the Hollywood film industry

  Bezjian, J., Stoyanova, V., McKiernan, P. & MacKay, B., 15 Oct 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Entertainment industry 100%
  • Hollywood 94%
  • film industry 94%
  • Scenario Planning 89%
  • Film Industry 73%
  15 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Productivity and Innovation in SMEs: Creating Competitive Advantage in Singapore and Southeast Asia

  Bali, A., McKiernan, P., Vas, C. & Waring, P., 8 Nov 2018, London. 114 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 100%
  • South-East Asia 63%
  • Singapore 56%
  • Innovation 48%
  • Competitive Advantage 43%

• Scenario Thinking: A Historical Evolution of Strategic Foresight

  Mackay, R. B. & McKiernan, P., 1 Oct 2018, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 75 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Strategic Foresight 100%
  • Scenario Planning 52%
  • Scenarios 42%
  • Strategic Management 22%
  • Foresight 16%

• Stakeholders in strategy: their 'invisible' and yet an inevitable presence?

  McKiernan, P., Ackermann, F. & Eden, C., 19 Jun 2018, p. 1-14. 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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  • Team Management 48%
  • Senior Management 46%
  • Not-for-profit Organizations 29%
  • Strategy Research 28%
  • Strategic Action 27%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  32 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Exploring the role of sensegiving and sensereceiving in avoiding strategy execution failure

  McKiernan, P. & MacKay, D., 7 Sep 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Sensegiving 100%
  • Top Management Teams 37%
  • Strategic Management 28%
  • Communication Strategies 23%
  • Strategic Initiatives 21%

• Prospective thinking; scenario planning meets neuroscience

  McKiernan, P., 30 Nov 2017, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 124, p. 66-76 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Scenario Planning 100%
  • Neuroscience 91%
  • Neurosciences 81%
  • neurosciences 74%
  • Strategic Management 63%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  113 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Addressing sustainability challenges through state-led social innovation: The Singapore story

  Mckiernan, P., Bali, A., Vas, C. & Waring, P., 30 Aug 2016, Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation. Nicolopolou, K., Karatas-Ozkan, M., Janssen, F. & Jermier, J. M. (eds.).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Social Innovation 100%
  • Sustainability 89%
  • Singapore 75%
  • Government 37%
  • Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 33%

• A Vision of Responsible Research in Business and Management: Striving for Credible and Useful Knowledge

  Responsible Research Community of Scholars & McKiernan, P., 30 Nov 2016, Brussels. 17 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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  • Business Research 100%
  • Ecosystem 91%
  • Management Research 67%
  • Business Schools 62%
  • Delphi Survey 30%
  425 Downloads (Pure)

• Demystifying the 4Ps in Singapore SMEs: does the government hold the key to open innovation?

  Bali, A., McKiernan, P., Waring, P. & Vas, C., 15 Dec 2016. 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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  • Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 100%
  • Open Innovation 63%
  • Singapore 56%
  • Government 37%
  • Technology Adoption 24%
  12 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Competition law, regulation and trade: implications for productivity and innovation in Singaporean manufacturing SMEs

  Bali, A. S., McKiernan, P., Vas, C. & Waring, P., 1 Nov 2015, Competition Law, Regulation And SMEs in the Asia-Pacific: Understanding The Small Business Perspective. Schaper, M. T. & Lee, C. (eds.). Singapore, p. 211-229 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 100%
  • Competition Law 86%
  • Manufacturing 59%
  • Innovation 48%
  • Productivity 37%

• Do university rankings and accreditation really matter? Manufacturing 'legitimacy' in Singapore's higher education sector

  McKiernan, P. & Waring, P., 10 Oct 2015. 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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  • University Rankings 100%
  • Accreditation 66%
  • university ranking 66%
  • Manufacturing 45%
  • accreditation 45%
  13 Downloads (Pure)

• Pathways towards health care systems with a chronic-care focus: beyond the four walls

  Garcia-Goni, M., Mckiernan, P. & Paulucci, F., 19 Feb 2015, Boundaryless Hospital: Rethink and Redefine Health Care Management. Albach, H., Meffert, H., Pinkwart, A., Reichwald, R. & von Eiff, W. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 59-80 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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  • Burden of Disease 100%
  • Medical Innovation 98%
  • Chronic Disease 88%
  • Health Care Expenditures 82%
  • Escalation 77%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Rule #1: value co-creation starts with a firm level innovation culture

  Bali, A. S., McKiernan, P., Vas, C. & Waring, P., 23 Jun 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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  • Innovation Culture 100%
  • Value Co-creation 87%
  • Innovation 45%
  • Singapore 40%
  • Co-creation of Value 37%
  52 Downloads (Pure)

• Singapore Innovation and Productivity Institute (SiPi) and Murdoch University: Stakeholder Report

  Morrison, D., McKiernan, P., Waring, P. & Vas, C., 31 Mar 2015, Singapore. 61 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • Singapore 100%
  • Innovation 84%
  • Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 78%
  • Productivity 65%
  • Web Portal 52%

• The matching of motivations to affordances among Maltese elected local government volunteers: implications for sustaining civil society

  Bezzina, F., Cassar, V., Azzorpardi, J. G. & McKiernan, P., 18 Aug 2015, In: Journal of Global Responsibility. 6, 2, p. 178-194 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Maltese 100%
  • civil society 58%
  • political function 24%
  • marital status 17%
  • public sector 14%
  24 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Rhetoric of a troubled industry: the case of the Dundee jute industry during the inter-war period

  Masrani, S., Parkes, R. & McKiernan, P., 2014, In: International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy . 8, 2/3, p. 141 - 155 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Jute 100%
  • Interwar Period 68%
  • Rhetoric 45%
  • Industry 24%
  • Institutional Logics 21%
  37 Downloads (Pure)

• Strategic choice: taking 'business' out of B-schools

  McKiernan, P. & Wilson, D., 1 Dec 2014, Institutional Development of Business Schools. Pettigrew, A., Cornuel, E. & Hommel, U. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 248-269 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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  • Global Financial Crisis 100%
  • Business Schools 94%
  • Market Knowledge 81%
  • Strategic Choice 69%
  • Placing 65%
  99 Downloads (Pure)

• The failure of strategic initiatives: perceptions of leaders, managers & employees

  McKiernan, P. & MacKay, D., Dec 2014, p. 1-22. 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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  • Strategic Initiatives 100%
  • Procedural Rationality 84%
  • Dynamic Capabilities 80%
  • Managers 73%
  • Employees 38%
  72 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  Hidden Champions in CEE and Turkey: Carving Out a Global Niche

  McKiernan, P. & Purg, D., 11 Dec 2013, Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. 437 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Hidden Champions 100%
  • Niche 62%
  • Turkey 51%
  • Albania 25%
  • Country Studies 23%

• Storytelling and the scenario process: understanding success and failure

  Bowman, G., MacKay, R. B., Masrani, S. & Mckiernan, P., 1 May 2013, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 80, 4, p. 735–748 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Scenario Planning 100%
  • Storytelling 71%
  • scenario 55%
  • Scenarios 48%
  • Planning 47%
  44 Citations (Scopus)

• The context of hidden champions

  McKiernan, P. & Purg, D., 2013, Hidden Champions in CEE and Turkey: Carving Out a Global Niche. McKiernan, P. & Purg, D. (eds.). Berlin Heidlberg: Springer-Verlag, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Hidden Champions 100%

• The contextual perspective of leader sensegiving: understanding the role of organizational leadership systems

  Neyer, A-K., Moslein, K. & McKiernan, P., Dec 2013, p. 1-18. 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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  • Sensegiving 100%
  • Bounded Rationality 16%
  • Leadership Development 12%
  • Multinational Corporations 10%
  • Trigger 10%
  34 Downloads (Pure)
• 2012

  Exploring the consequences of differentiated perceptions across hierarchical levels of “what matters” strategically for an organization’s future

  MacKay, D. & McKiernan, P., 7 Jun 2012.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • organizational unit 100%
  • center-periphery 50%
  • role identity 48%
  • strategic management 46%
  • selling 38%
• 2011

  Accounting as a legitimising device in voluntary price agreements: the Dundee jute industry, 1945–1960

  Masrani, S. & Mckiernan, P., Apr 2011, In: Critical Perspectives On Accounting. 22, 4, p. 415–433 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Jute 100%
  • industry 39%
  • firm 26%
  • Industry 24%
  • Foreign Competition 21%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Global mimicry: putting strategic choice back on the business school agenda

  Wilson, D. & McKiernan, P., Sep 2011, In: British Journal of Management. 22, 3, p. 457-469 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Business Schools 100%
  • Strategic Choice 73%
  • Agenda 56%
  • Institutional Pressures 41%
  • Strategic Behavior 37%
  48 Citations (Scopus)

• Management education in the UK: the roles of the British Academy of Management and the Association of Business Schools

  Masrani, S., Williams, A. & McKiernan, P., Sep 2011, In: British Journal of Management. 22, 3, p. 382–400 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Business Schools 100%
  • Legitimacy 59%
  • Education 58%
  • Management Research 53%
  • Industry 30%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Relevance and Irrelevance of Management Research: some European hope

  Mckiernan, P., 2011, Redesigning Management Education and Research : challenging proposals from European scholars. Dameron, S. & Durand, T. (eds.). Cheltenham:UK, p. 138-154 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Special Issue: British Academy of Management's 25th Celebration Special Issue Introduction

  McKiernan, P. & Wilson, D., 2011, In: British Journal of Management. 22, 3, p. 341-342 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
• 2010

  Creativity and dysfunction in strategic processes: the case of scenario planning

  MacKay, B. & McKiernan, P., 31 May 2010, In: Futures. 42, 4, p. 271-281 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • cultural industry 100%
  • creative industry 94%
  • Scenario Planning 74%
  • Strategic Process 71%
  • psychology 63%
  26 Citations (Scopus)

  374 Downloads (Pure)

• Evolution of EURAM's Strategy

  Mckiernan, P., 13 Dec 2010, In: European Management Review. 7, 2, p. 77-79 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The irrelevance of management research: nature of the 'problem' and some European hope - A reply to 'renaissance and renewal in management studies: relevance regained' - J. Pfeffer

  Mckiernan, P., 13 Dec 2010, In: European Management Review. 6, 3, p. 149-155 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Management Research 100%
  • Management Studies 71%
  • Renewal 65%
  • Dilution 40%
  • Hegemony 30%
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Addressing path dependency in the capabilities approach: historicism and foresight meet on the road less travelled

  Masrani, S. K. & McKiernan, P., 31 Mar 2009, Handbook of Research on Strategy and Foresight. Constanzo, L. A. & Mackay, R. B. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK, p. 485-505 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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  • Path Dependency 100%
  • Capability Approach 87%
  • Foresight 81%
  • Roads 53%
  • Penrose 46%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Cognitive mapping of chief executive officer's minds: confronting Chinese global competitiveness

  Mckiernan, P. & Check-Teck, F., 2009, In: International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management. 2, 5, p. 571-584 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cognitive Mapping 100%
  • Global Competitiveness 75%
  • Strategic Thinking 53%
  • Chief Executive Officer 51%
  • Experimentation 40%
• 2008

  Scenario planning for the Edinburgh city region

  Docherty, I. & McKiernan, P., 1 Oct 2008, In: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 26, 5, p. 982-997 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • scenario 100%
  • planning 84%
  • city 76%
  • planning procedure 63%
  • policy 41%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  20 Downloads (Pure)

• Strategic Leadership: governance and renewal

  Leavy, B. & Mckiernan, P., 24 Nov 2008, Basingstoke. 348 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• 2007

  Delphi technique

  Mckiernan, P., 17 Oct 2007, International Encyclopaedia of Organisation Studies. Clegg, S. R. & Bailey, J. R. (eds.). Thousand Oaks, CA, Vol. 1. p. 375-378 3 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

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  • Delphi Technique 100%
  • Warfare 34%
  • OR Education 32%
  • Delphi Method 30%
  • Questionnaire 23%
  12 Downloads (Pure)

• History of the British Academy of Management 1986-2007

  Mckiernan, P., 30 Sep 2007, British Academy of Management Conference 2007. London, 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

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  • British Academy 100%
  • History 47%
  • Inaugural 39%
  24 Downloads (Pure)

• Inside the Omani corporate culture: a research in management styles

  Ismaily, S., Mckiernan, P. & Nair, P., 2007, Muscat. 209 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Molecular structural firm adaptations to environments: empirical Tao of the CEO

  Foo, C-T. & Mckiernan, P., 2007, In: Chinese Management Studies. 1, 1, p. 6-24 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Chief Executive Officer 100%
  • Manufacturing Firms 35%
  • Organizational Adaptation 28%
  • Chief Executives 27%
  • Global Manufacturing 26%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Scenario Planning

  Mckiernan, P., 2007, International Encyclopaedia of Organisation Studies. Clegg, S. R. & Bailey, J. R. (eds.). Thousand Oaks:CA, Vol. 4.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The nature of reciprocity and the spirit of the gift: balancing trust and governance in long-term illness

  Greene, A., Mckiernan, P. & Greene, S., 1 Jul 2007, Researching Trust and Health. Brownlie, J., Greene, A. & Howson, A. (eds.). Abingdon, p. 91-112 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Trust, targets and teenagers: the negative impact of the audit culture combined with the medicalisation of adolescence on young people with diabetes

  McKiernan, P., Greene, A. & Greene, S., 30 Jun 2007, (Unpublished) Glasgow: University of Strathclyde, 19 p.

  Research output: Working paper

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  • Audit 100%
  • Teenagers 97%
  • Diabetes 94%
  • Medicalization 94%
  • Adolescence 76%
  7 Downloads (Pure)