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Rod B. McNaughton
Professor Rod McNaughton in 2025
TitleProfessor at the University of Auckland
Academic background
Education
ThesisA transaction cost analysis of channel integration in foreign markets by Canadian computer software firms (1997)
Academic work
DisciplineManagement and International Business
Institutions
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Rod B. McNaughton is a New Zealand-Canadian academic, author, and entrepreneurship educator. McNaughton's research focuses on international entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystems and entrepreneurship education.[1]

McNaughton has been a professor in Management and International Business at the University of Auckland since 2013. Other academic positions held at the University include Academic Director for the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship[2][3] and Director for Innovation and Professional Development.[4][5]

Early life and education

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McNaughton earned a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Geography at Wilfrid Laurier University. He later completed a Master's degree and a PhD in Economic Geography at Western University, focusing on venture capital investment in the United States and Canada, respectively.[6][7]

In 1997, McNaughton finished his second PhD at the University of Lancaster.[8]

Career

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McNaughton's first academic appointment came in 1989 as an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Lethbridge.[9][10]

After a brief tenure in New Zealand at the University of Otago as a Professor of Marketing, McNaughton returned to Canada in 2001 to join the University of Waterloo as a professor. During his time there, McNaughton held the Eyton Chair in Entrepreneurship and served as the Director of the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business.[11][12] As of 2025, McNaughton continues to serve as an adjunct professor in both the Conrad School and the Department of Management Science and Engineering.[13][14]

In 2013, McNaughton returned to New Zealand. He became Head of the Department for Management and International Business at the University of Auckland in 2015.[15] He has since held additional leadership roles, including Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics (2017–2019),[16] Director of the Graduate School of Management (2021),[17][18] Co-Director of Ngā Ara Whetū, the University's Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society (2023-2024),[19] and Academic Director for the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2014–present).[20]

Throughout his academic career, McNaughton has contributed to research on international business strategy and market entry dynamics. He has authored or co-authored over 125 unique publications in refereed journal articles and books.[21][22]

McNaughton is a Chartered Member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors[23] and has served on multiple boards, including as a trustee of the International Centre for Entrepreneurship Foundation (ICE), which oversees The Icehouse, a prominent provider of growth services and investment for New Zealand startups.[24]

Selected Works

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  • Darroch, Jenny; McNaughton, Rod (2002). "Examining the link between knowledge management practices and types of innovation". Journal of Intellectual Capital. 3 (3). MCB UP Ltd: 210–222. doi:10.1108/14691930210435570. ISSN 1469-1930.
  • Bell, Jim; McNaughton, Rod; Young, Stephen; Crick, Dave (2003). "Towards an integrative model of small firm internationalisation". Journal of International Entrepreneurship. 1 (4). Kluwer Academic Publishers: 339–362. doi:10.1023/A:1025629424041.
  • Pellegrino, Juan M; McNaughton, Rod B (2017). "Beyond learning by experience: The use of alternative learning processes by incrementally and rapidly internationalizing SMEs". International Business Review. 26 (4). Pergamon: 614–627. doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.12.003.

References

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  1. ^ "Rod B. McNaughton". scholar.google.co.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Rod McNaughton". theconversation.com. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Staff Profile: Professor Rod McNaughton, Academic Director". cie.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Meet our Director Innovation and Professional Development". auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Science overhaul lays out a fundamental challenge for New Zealand". thepost.co.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  6. ^ McNaughton, Rod B (1986). Patterns of venture capital investment in the United States (MA thesis). University of Western Ontario.
  7. ^ McNaughton, Rod B (1989). An economic geography of venture capital investment in Canada (PhD thesis). University of Western Ontario. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  8. ^ McNaughton, Rod B (1997). A transaction cost analysis of channel integration in foreign markets by Canadian computer software firms (PhD thesis). University of Lancaster.
  9. ^ McNaughton, Rod B. (1992). "The Export Behavior of Small Canadian Manufacturing Firms". The Professional Geographer. 44 (2). doi:10.1111/j.0033-0124.1992.00170.x. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Rod MCNAUGHTON". researchgate.net. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  11. ^ "School welcomes Global Fellow". www.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Waterloo Daily Bulletin February 28 2012". bulletin.uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Rod McNaughton". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  14. ^ "Rod McNaughton appointed adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo". linkedin.com. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  15. ^ "Rod McNaughton". newsroom.co.nz. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  16. ^ "Ten year target to boost research & development - Expert reaction". sciencemediacentre.co.nz. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  17. ^ "Meet our Director Innovation and Professional Development". auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  18. ^ "Rod McNaughton". profiles.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  19. ^ "About". ngaarawhetu.org. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  20. ^ "Staff Profile: Professor Rod McNaughton, Academic Director". cie.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  21. ^ "Rod B. McNaughton". researchgate.net. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  22. ^ "Meet our Director Innovation and Professional Development". auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  23. ^ "Membership categories". iod.org.nz. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  24. ^ "Icehouse". theicehouse.co.nz. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
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