Rod McNaughton

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.{{cite thesis|title=Patterns of venture capital investment in the United States|degree=MA|last=McNaughton|first=Rod B|publisher=University of Western Ontario|year=1986}}{{cite thesis|last=McNaughton|first=Rod B|title=An economic geography of venture capital investment in Canada|degree=PhD|url=https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/1770/|access-date=28 March 2025|publisher=University of Western Ontario|year=1989}}

In 1997, McNaughton finished his second PhD at the University of Lancaster.{{cite thesis|title=A transaction cost analysis of channel integration in foreign markets by Canadian computer software firms|last=McNaughton|first=Rod B|year=1997|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Lancaster}}

McNaughton's first academic appointment came in 1989 as an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Lethbridge.{{cite journal|title=The Export Behavior of Small Canadian Manufacturing Firms|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0033-0124.1992.00170.x|journal=The Professional Geographer|date=1992 |volume=44 |issue=2 |doi=10.1111/j.0033-0124.1992.00170.x |access-date=26 March 2025 |last1=McNaughton |first1=Rod B. |url-access=subscription }}{{cite web|title = Rod MCNAUGHTON|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rod-Mcnaughton/2|website=researchgate.net|access-date=27 March 2025}}

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.{{cite web|title = School welcomes Global Fellow|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/management/news/title-65661-en.php|website=www.st-andrews.ac.uk|access-date=25 March 2025}}{{cite web|title=Waterloo Daily Bulletin February 28 2012|url=https://bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/2012/feb/28tu.html|website=bulletin.uwaterloo.ca|access-date=27 March 2025}} As of 2025, McNaughton continues to serve as an adjunct professor in both the Conrad School and the Department of Management Science and Engineering.{{cite web|title=Rod McNaughton|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/management-science-engineering/contacts/rod-mcnaughton|website=uwaterloo.ca|access-date = 27 March 2025}}{{cite web|title=Rod McNaughton appointed adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rod-mcnaughton-appointed-adjunct-professor-university-mcnaughton/|website=linkedin.com|access-date=27 March 2025}}

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.{{cite web|title = Rod McNaughton|website=newsroom.co.nz|date=14 March 2025 |url=https://newsroom.co.nz/author/rod-mcnaughton/|access-date=27 March 2025}} He has since held additional leadership roles, including Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics (2017–2019),{{cite web|title=Ten year target to boost research & development - Expert reaction|url=https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2017/10/25/ten-year-target-boost-research-development-expert-reaction/|website=sciencemediacentre.co.nz|date=25 October 2017 |access-date=27 March 2025}} Director of the Graduate School of Management (2021),{{cite web|title =Meet our Director Innovation and Professional Development|url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/business/about-business-school/our-faculty/our-people/director-innovation-and-development.html|website=auckland.ac.nz|access-date=25 March 2025}}{{cite web|title=Rod McNaughton|url=https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/r-mcnaughton/about|website=profiles.auckland.ac.nz|access-date=25 March 2025}} Co-Director of Ngā Ara Whetū, the University's Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society (2023-2024),{{cite web|title=About|website=ngaarawhetu.org|url=https://www.ngaarawhetu.org/about/|access-date=28 March 2025}} and Academic Director for the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2014–present).{{cite web|title =Staff Profile: Professor Rod McNaughton, Academic Director|website=cie.auckland.ac.nz|url=https://www.cie.auckland.ac.nz/newsroom/staff-profile-professor-rod-mcnaughton-academic-director/|access-date=25 March 2025}}

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.{{cite web| title = Rod B. McNaughton|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rod-Mcnaughton|website=researchgate.net|access-date=28 March 2025}}{{cite web | title =Meet our Director Innovation and Professional Development|url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/business/about-business-school/our-faculty/our-people/director-innovation-and-development.html|website=auckland.ac.nz|access-date=25 March 2025}}

McNaughton is a Chartered Member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors{{cite web|title = Membership categories|website=iod.org.nz|date=15 July 2019 |access-date=28 March 2025|url=https://www.iod.org.nz/membership/membership-categories#}} 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.{{cite web|title=Icehouse|website=theicehouse.co.nz|url=https://www.theicehouse.co.nz/|access-date=28 March 2025}}

• {{cite journal|last1=Darroch|first1=Jenny|last2=McNaughton|first2=Rod|journal=Journal of Intellectual Capital|volume=3|issue=3|pages=210–222|publisher=MCB UP Ltd|year=2002|title=Examining the link between knowledge management practices and types of innovation|doi=10.1108/14691930210435570 |issn=1469-1930}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Bell|first1=Jim|last2=McNaughton|first2=Rod|last3=Young|first3=Stephen|last4=Crick|first4=Dave|journal=Journal of International Entrepreneurship|volume=1|pages=339–362|publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers|year=2003|title=

Towards an integrative model of small firm internationalisation|issue=4 |doi=10.1023/A:1025629424041}}

• {{cite journal|last1=Pellegrino|first1=Juan M|last2=McNaughton|first2=Rod B|title=Beyond learning by experience: The use of alternative learning processes by incrementally and rapidly internationalizing SMEs|journal=International Business Review|date=2017 |volume = 26|issue=4|pages=614–627|publisher=Pergamon|doi=10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.12.003}}

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