Specialties and Interests

• Strategic Management
• International Entrepreneurship

Programs and Research Projects

• Founder Centrality in top management teams, focusing on Mexican, U.S. and Canadian firms.
• Currently collecting data on Kenyan top managers.
• Interested in cross-cultural studies of top management teams and the strategy process

Courses Taught

• Capstone Strategic Management
• Strategic Information
• Contributors to Strategic Management
• International Business Seminar
• Introduction to Business

Selected Publications

• Kelly, L., Athanassiou, N., and Crittenden, W. "Founder Centrality & Strategy in the Family Owned Firm". Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Jan. 2001
• Kelly, L. "Founder Centrality Effects on the Mexican Family Firm"s Top ManagementGroup:Firm Culture, Strategic Vision and Goals, and Firm Performance" Journal of World Business August, 2001
• Kelly, L. & J. Kelly (1998). "An Existential Systems Approach to Managing Organizations." Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group
• Kelly, L. (1998). "Intrapreneurship in Hi-Tech Firms." In A. B. Ibrahim and W. Ellis. Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management: Text, Readings and Cases 3/E. Iowa: Kendall- Hunt.
• Kelly, L. Executive Pay and Performance, chpt. in J. Kelly, Facts and Fictions of Executive Behavior: A Critical Analysis of What Managers Do. Westport, Conneticut: Quorum Books. 1993.

Presentations at Academic Conferences

• "Mexican Family Businesses and Founder Centrality" Academy of Management, Washington, DC.
• "Founder Centrality, Vision, Culture, and Performance in Mexican Family Businesses" Academy of International Business, Phoenix, November, 2000.
• Mexico: Political Economy and Free Markets. Fifth International Conference, El Paso, November,2000.
• "Panel Discussion: Cultural Issues in Post NAFTA Mexico-US Alignments" Second International Symposium of the International Network for Collaboration in the Behavioral Sciences. Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. October, 2000.
• " The Role of the Founder in Setting Strategy in Mexican Family Businesses." Second International Symposium of the International Network for Collaboration in the Behavioral Sciences. Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. October, 2000.
• "Founder Centrality" Academy of Management: San Diego, August, 1998.
• "Emotional Conflicts of the Family Business," Sloan-Wellsely International Conference on work and family, April 1997.
• "Inferring Strategy Using Annual Reports." Eastern Academy of Management. Arlington, VA, May 1996.
• "Working Abroad," Eastern Academy of Management, Arlington, VA, May 1996.
• "Quebec's Entrepreneurialism," SCOS 14, Los Angeles, CA, July 1996.
• "A Narrative Model: Interpreting Strategy Through Annual Reports, ASAC Conference Proceedings,Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. June 1994.

Consulting

• GlobalMind Center for Strategic Consulting
• Strategic management consulting
• Catholic Charities, DARE Family Services, Thoreau Language Institute, Internet Capital Group, New England Coffee, Red Lion Inn, Wilkinson Heating, Chenubee, STM Technology, Pressure Source, Abbot Labs

Service to Professional Organizations

• Secretary for the San Diego Tijuana Sister City Board, June 2000 -
• Reviewer for Academy of Management, Entrepreneurship Division, 2000
• Reviewer for Business Research, 1999
• Reviewer for European Management Journal, special issue on management in Russia and Eastern Europe, 1998
• Reviewer for Eastern Academy of Management Conference, the Strategy, Policy and Decision Making Track. 1996 and 1997.
• Advisor to Boston Business School Beanpot Case Competition, 1997, 1998 and 1999. Winning Team, 1999, 1997. Runner-up team, 1998.
• Judge for John Diffenbach Prize, 1996, 1997, and 1998. MBA students presented strategic case analysis of their coop experience.
• Running focus group for Northeastern faculty for Cooperative Education. Topic: Student Reflections on the Learning Achieved Through Participation in Coop Education and How That Learning Might Be Enhanced, 1998.
• Presenter for Integrating Best Practices session held for Northeastern faculty. Topic: Using Meeting Web to Integrate Experience into the Classroom, 1998.

Degrees, Professional Licenses, Certifications, and Honors

• 1996 – PhD, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Field of Study: Strategic Management. Minor: Communication (Universite de Montreal) Emphasis: Strategy in the Computer IndustryDissertation: Inferring Corporate Strategy and Character in The Computer Industry Using Annual Reports Director: A. B. Ibrahim, Chair, Management Department
• 1990 - MBA Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Field of Study: Management
• 1986 - BA, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Field of Study: Honors Economics
• 1998 - Beta Gamma Sigma, Northeastern University College of Business Administration's Best Teacher Award.
• 1993,1994, & 1995 Concordia Graduate Fellowship, $3,000.
• 1992 Alcan Doctoral Scholarship, $10,000.
• 1991 Social Science and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Scholarship, $50,000.
• 1991 FCAR Doctoral Scholarship, $50,000.
• 1989 Canadian Traveler's Association MBA Scholarship, $3,000.
• 1986 Graduated with Honors, McGill

Interests and Hobbies

• Mexico
• Meditation
• Yoga
• Spanish
• Don Quixote
• Running
• Learning
• Reading