Mike Crone

Mike is a Lecturer (Education) in International Business and the current Deputy Director of Education (Undergraduate) in QBS, which is a wide-ranging role that covers various student progression and support processes across the School's undergraduate portfolio. He has nearly two decades of experience in the university sector, during which he has designed, taught and assessed modules at all levels of study - in areas such as International Business, Strategy, Innovation, Research Methods and Corporate Responsibility - receiving consistently good-to-excellent student evaluations. He has been a successful programme director at undergraduate and Master’s level and the Exams Officer for postgraduate management programmes. Mike's academic interests mostly lie at the interface of International Business and Economic Geography. Earlier in his career, he worked for Sheffield Hallam University in England, Strathclyde Business School in Scotland, and the (now-defunct) Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre. During that time, he published numerous journal articles, book chapters and commissioned research reports and supervised a number doctoral candidates, including two who are currently employed in UK business schools.

International business strategy, particularly as it relates to geographic and institutional contexts and regional development; the multinational enterprise, foreign direct investment; global value chains; (geo)political risk in IB; the Irish economies.

Current:

IBEM2011 International Business (undergraduate)

IBEM7004 International Business Capstone (MSc)

Past:

MGT3002 International Professional Development (undergraduate)

MGT7100 International Business Strategy (MSc)

MGT7174 Global Innovation Management (MSc)

MGT9203 Academic Research Project, including Business Governance & Ethics and Contemporary Issues in Management taught components (MSc)

Previous teaching at other universities, includes:

Multinational Enterprises and FDI (undergrad)

International Strategy (undergrad and MSc)

Contemporary Issues in IB (undergrad)

Global Business Environment (MSc)

Research Methods (MSc)

BA (Hons) in Geography (University of Leeds, 1992); PhD in Economic Geography (The University of Sheffield, 1999); Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching (Queen's University Belfast, 2007). Queen's University Teaching Award 2008.

Academic leadership roles held:

Deputy Director of Education (Undergraduate), previously Associate Director of Undergraduate Education - Student Support (Sept 2021 to present)

Postgraduate Exams Liaison Officer for 5 MSc programmes (AY 2019-20 & 2020-21)

Programme Director (Acting) for MSc International Business (Semester 2, 2018-19; Queen's)

Programme Director for BA (Hons) International Business (2014-18; Sheffield Hallam)

Undergraduate recruitment lead for BA International Business & BA Economics (2011-14; Sheffield Hallam)

Programme Director for MSc Management (2005-10; Queen's)