Julian Birkinshaw

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Julian Birkinshaw
Alma mater Durham University
University of Western Ontario
OccupationAcademic

Julian Birkinshaw FBA , FAcSS (born 16 October 1964) is a British academic. He is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School, where he is the Academic Director of the Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He is the author of four books on management. [1] In February 2024 he was appointed the Dean of Ivey Business School at Western University. He will assume the position starting 1 August 2024. [2]

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Early life

Julian Birkinshaw earned a BSc in Geology from Durham University, followed by a Master of Business Administration and PhD from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario. [3]

Career

Birkinshaw is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School, where he is the Academic Director of the Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. [3]

Birkinshaw is the author of four books on management. His first book, Entrepreneurship in the Global Firm, published in 2000, was reviewed by William G. Egelhoff of Fordham University in the Journal of International Business Studies . [4] His fourth book, Becoming a Better Boss: Why Good Management is So Difficult, published in 2013, was reviewed in the Financial Times and the MIT Sloan Management Review . [5] [6]

Birkinshaw was named the Dean of Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario in February 2024. He will officially take on the position by August 2024. [7]

Honours

In 2012, Birkinshaw was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA). [8] In 2015, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). [9] He is also a Fellow the Academy of International Business, and of the Advanced Institute of Management Research. [3]

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References

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  5. Stern, Stefan (4 September 2013). "Why are good managers such a rare species?". Financial Times. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  6. Brokaw, Leslie (4 December 2013). "How to Be a Better Boss". MIT Sloan Management Review. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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  9. "New Fellows Announced". Academy of Social Sciences. March 2015. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.