Areas of Expertise

Professor Geoghegan’s research interests include strategic management, innovation, innovation systems, innovative capabilities and technology transfer

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D., National University of Ireland, Galway

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award (2025)
• Online MBA Teaching Excellence Award, Kelley School of Business (2025)
• Online MBA Teaching Excellence Award, Kelley School of Business (2024)
• Department of Management and Entrepreneurship Teaching Award (2024)
• Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award (2023)
• Kelley School of Business Innovative Teaching Award (2023)
• Online MBA Teaching Excellence Award, Kelley School of Business (2023)
• Online MBA Teaching Excellence Award, Kelley School of Business (2022)
• MBA Teaching Excellence Award, Kelley School of Business (2021)
• Online MBA Professor of the Year, Kelley School of Business (2018/2019)
• Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award (2019)
• MBA Teaching Excellence Award, Kelley School of Business (2019)
• Outstanding Service Award, Kelley School of Business (2019)
• Syracuse University DCP Faculty of the Year (2015)
• Faculty of the Year Award, Whitman School of Management (voted by grading class) - Beta Gamma Sigma (2015)
• Named among the “40 Most Outstanding B-School Profs under 40 in the World” by the Poets and Quants website (2015)

Selected Publications

• Geoghegan, W., and Wanger, S. (2024). Beyond convenience: The disruptive high-quality, high-impact online MBA. Business Horizons, 67(3), 299-309. 
• Bacq, S., Geoghegan, W., Josefy, M., Stevenson, R., and Williams, T.A. (2020). The COVID-19 Virtual Idea Blitz: Marshaling Social Entrepreneurship to Rapidly Respond to Urgent Grand Challenges. Business Horizons, 63(8), 705-723. View Full Text
• Cassidy, C., Gabriel, C., Geoghegan, W., Gilinsky, A., Harris, R., Hill, V., and Shay, J. (2020). Teaching Cases Online: Synchronous, Asynchronous and Hybrid Techniques. Case Research Journal, 40(4).
• Ryan, P., Geoghegan, W., & Hilliard, R. (2018). The Microfoundations of Firms’ Explorative Innovation Capabilities within the Triple Helix Framework. Technovation, 76-77, 15-27.
• Geoghegan, W. (2017). University/ Industry Collaboration And The Development Of Firm Specific Innovative Capabilities. In Donald Siegel & James Cunningham (Eds.), World Scientific Press Innovation Series: Entrepreneurial Universities. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co., Pte Ltd.
• Geoghegan, W., O’Kane, C., & Fitzgerald, C. (2015). Technology Transfer Offices as a Nexus within the Triple Helix: The Progression of the University’s Role. International Journal for Technology Management, 68(3-4), 255-277.
• Geoghegan, W. (2015). Technology Transfer And Cluster Interactions. In Link, A., Audretsch, D. & Hayter, C. (Eds.), Concise Guide To Entrepreneurship, Technology, And Innovation. UK: Edward Elgar.
• O’Kane, C., Mangematin, V., Geoghegan, W., & Fitzgerald, C. (2015). University Technology Transfer Offices: The search for identity to build legitimacy. Research Policy, 44(2), 421–437.

Edited on June 11, 2025