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Ramón O’Callaghan (born c. 1953) is a Spanish organizational theorist, Emeritus Professor of Information Systems and Innovation Management at the Tilburg University, and Dean of the Graduate School of Business of the Nazarbayev University, particularly known for his work on Electronic Data Interchange.
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Biography
O’Callaghan received his Engineer's degree from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in 1976, his MBA in 1983 at the IESE Business School, and his Doctor of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1989.
O’Callaghan started his academic career as researcher at the Cybernetics Institute of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in 1976. From 1977 to 1989 he spend most time in industry with Texas Instruments as sales engineer and project manager; at Codorníu Winery as controller; at Harvard Business School as researcher; and at the management consulting firm Institut Cerdà as director. Back in Spain in 1989 he became Associate Professor at the IESE Business School.
In 1994 he moved to the Netherlands to the Nyenrode Business Universiteit, where he became Director of the MBA program. From 1997 to 2013 he was appointed Professor of Information Systems at the Tilburg University. There he also directed the MBA program, and the Master Program for some years, and was Dean of the TIAS School for Business and Society from 2009 to 2012 as successor of Philippe Naert. He was also associated with the Open University of Catalonia and the Universidad de Deusto. Since 2013 he is Dean of the Graduate School of Business of the Nazarbayev University.
Selected Publications
O’Callaghan has published numerous articles in the field of strategic management of technology. Books, a selection:
Articles, a selection: