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Brian Connelly serves as Professor and Luck Eminent Scholar in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at Auburn University's Raymond J. Harbert College of Business. With two decades of industry experience at Westinghouse and Hughes across England, Asia, and the United States, he bridges academic theory with practical business challenges in engineering and international contexts.
His educational foundation includes:
- PhD in Business from Texas A&M University
- MBA from Indiana University
- MSEE from Johns Hopkins University
- BSEE from Rutgers University
Connelly's research investigates how corporate governance structures—particularly shareholders and boards—influence competition and strategic outcomes through theoretical lenses including signaling theory, social network theory, and tournament theory. His expertise spans corporate governance, activist shareholders, competitive dynamics, and organizational responses to negative events like short-seller attacks and product recalls. Recent work examines virtue rhetoric in investor communications, socioemotional wealth in family firms, and the paradoxes of information presentation in high-stakes decisions.
Analysis of his 2022-2025 publications reveals three dominant research streams: (1) Theoretical advancements in signaling/screening frameworks applied to corporate misconduct and investor relations; (2) Empirical investigations of shareholder activism impacts on governance and strategic outcomes; (3) Methodological contributions to archival research design and data appropriateness. His work consistently appears in premier outlets like Strategic Management Journal and Organization Science, with frequent media citations in New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
Connelly has received unspecified awards for research, teaching, and service excellence. His editorial leadership includes former Editorship of Journal of Management and Associate Editorship at Academy of Management Journal.
As an educator, he teaches strategic management across undergraduate and graduate programs while mentoring doctoral students. His industry background informs experiential teaching approaches, particularly in translating governance theory to real-world business challenges. The text indicates no formal labs or research teams, though his work involves collaborations evident in multi-authored publications.
