Researcher's Biography
Name: Ms. Catherine Gannon
Position: Postgraduate Research Student
Qualifications:
1. Bachelor of Business Studies
2. National Certificate in Business Studies
Email: cgannon@wit.ie
Biography
Catherine Gannon graduated with a distinction from the National Certificate of Business Studies in 2004 and continued her 3rd level education in 2006 by graduating with a first class honours from the Bachelor of Business Studies specialising in the accounting stream.
Catherine began her career in management in the retail industry working with several national and international retailers. Managing all aspects of an organisation gave her the interest and passion to return to Waterford Institute of Technology to pursue her profession in greater depth. Catherine began her masters by research in 2008 under the supervision and guidance of Dr. Patrick Lynch and Dr. Denis Harrington, who are leading experts in this area. Catherine is hoping to integrate her research masters into a PhD by the end of 2009.
Research Interests:
Catherine’s primary research interests are in Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Dynamic capabilities.
Research Project:
Catherine's research project is: 'A Model for Sustained Competitive Advantage: The Role of Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital.'
Other Works:
Gannon, C., Lynch, P. and Harrington, D. (2010) "Framework for Enhancing Competitiveness in Culture and Heritage Organisations in the Irish Toursim Industry" In: Proceedings of the 6th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), Shannon College of Hotel Management, Shannon, Clare, Ireland, 15th - 16th June, 2010.
Gannon, C., Lynch, P., Holden M.T. and Harrington, D. (2010) "Does Sustainable Competitive Advantage Exist? And, if so, How Can it be Achieved?" In: Proceedings of The Irish Academy of Management (IAM) Conference, The Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Cork, Ireland on 1st - 3rd of September, 2010.
Gannon, C., Lynch, P. and Harrington, D. (2009) Dynamic Knowledge Management Capability (DKMC): From Resources to Capital (RIKON Group). In: EIASM 5th Workshop on Visualising, Measuring, and Managing Intangibles and Intellectual Capital, ,Dresden Germany, 8th - 9th October 2009.
Gannon, C., Lynch, P. and Harrington, D. (2009) Dynamic Knowledge Manangement Capability for the Small Tourism firm. In: IAM Conference (September 2009), , Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, 02nd - 4th September 2009.
Gannon, C., Lynch, P.and Harrington, D. (2009) Managing Intellectual Capital for a Sustained Competitive Advantage in the Irish Tourism Industry. In: The Toursim and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC) , 16th - 17th June 2009, DIT.