Rate My Professor Lawrence Dooley

Lawrence Dooley, M. Comm., Ph.D., MA (T&L), is Professor of Innovation Management and Head of the Department of Management and Marketing in Cork University Business School at University College Cork. He joined UCC in 2004 after serving at the Centre for Enterprise Management, University of Dundee, Scotland (2000-2004), and the National University of Ireland, Galway (1997-2000), where he completed his doctoral thesis entitled 'Systems Innovation Management'. His research encompasses three key areas: the management of organisational innovation, examining processes and structures for explorative and exploitative phases to enhance innovation success; university-industry collaboration under the entrepreneurial university paradigm, identifying exemplars at the discovery science stage and mechanisms for stakeholder cooperation; and SME development networks, focusing on innovation routines, collaborative knowledge exchange, and sustaining regional networks to overcome resource constraints. Professor Dooley has published extensively, engaging with industry through applied research projects, consultancy, and research master classes.

Dooley's influential works include the book 'Applying Innovation' (SAGE, 2008, co-authored with David O'Sullivan, 893 citations), 'The entrepreneurial university: Examining the underlying academic tensions' (Technovation, 2011, 978 citations with K. Philpott et al.), 'University-industry collaboration: Grafting the entrepreneurial paradigm onto academic structures' (European Journal of Innovation Management, 2007, 434 citations with D. Kirk), 'Open innovation within high-tech SMEs: A study of the entrepreneurial founder's influence on open innovation practices' (Technovation, 2021, 182 citations with G. Barrett and J. Bogue), 'Idea management for organisational innovation' (International Journal of Innovation Management, 2003, 375 citations), and recent publications such as 'Open social innovation in response to grand challenges: promotor influence as change agent' (R&D Management, 2025, with G. Barrett) and 'Nurturing the sustainable and circular economy: an integrated ecosystems model' (Journal of Technology Transfer, 2025, with J.J. Ferreira et al.). With over 2,500 citations across platforms, his scholarship advances inter-enterprise collaboration, knowledge exchange, and ecosystem value creation. Since 2013, he has been Associate Editor for R&D Management and reviews for other innovation journals.