Faculty of Management

Carolan McLarney

Professor; Chair, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, & International Business

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Faculty of Management

Email: mclarney@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-2025
Fax: 902-494-1107
Mailing Address: 
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Ave, PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2

 

Education

  • Certificate in Business Strategy (Harvard)
  • PhD (York)
  • MBA, BComm (Windsor)
  • Diploma in Radiological Technology (Fanshawe College)

Current Teaching

  • COMM 3705  Contemporary Issues In Global Business
  • COMM 4701  International Business Strategy
  • BUSI 5801    International Business        
  • BUSI 6015    Strategic Management

Research Interests

The interface between small businesses and international business strategy, and the use of strategic alliances to garner success. I am also interested in board governance issues, particularly the use of outside directors.

Selected Awards and Honours

  • Commerce Professor of the Year (2010, 2008, 2001)
  • Dalhousie Student Union Teaching Excellence Award (2008)
  • Faculty of Management Teaching Excellence Award (2010, 2008, 2005)
  • MBA Professor of the Year (2015, 2014, 2008)
  • Researcher of the Year Award, Rowe School of Business (2013)

Selected Publications

  • The Impact of Sri Lanka’s Free Education System on Economic Growth and Foreign Direct Investment. Cabott, S & McLarney, C. IUP Journal of Management Research 24(4), 14-27 (2025)
  • Collaboration Issues within the Military Aero Engine Industry McArthur, J. & McLarney, C. IUP Journal of Supply Chain Management 22(4), 59-65 (2025)
  • The Role of Successful Knowledge Management in Developing Human Resource Opportunities: The Case of SMEs in Singapore. Rettie, C. & McLarney, C. IUP Journal of Knowledge Management. 22(2), 31-50 (2024)
  • Does geographical proximity of the host to the domestic country of investors reduce informational and managerial uncertainty? Cahill. J. & McLarney, C, IUP Journal of Management Research, 20(2), 1-13 (2021)
  • The Effects of Organizational Change on Employee Commitment. Aujla, S. & McLarney, C. IUP Journal of Organizational Behaviour, 19(1), pp 7-22 (2020)