Research Interests

Dr Paul Knott undertakes research, research supervision and publication in strategic management, strategy-as-practice, and innovation management. A central theme of his research is how strategy actors individually and collectively harness concepts, tools and materials as they undertake day-to-day practices aimed at consequential outcomes for their firms or organisations. This activity takes place across different levels and roles, and lends itself to a variety of primarily qualitative research methods. Recent focus areas within this theme have included individual strategists’ navigation of nascent opportunities, strategy development processes across multi-unit firms, and collaboration in networks of small firms. This has entailed study of a number of different business and cultural contexts, including small high-technology ventures in Aotearoa New Zealand and the informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa. An area for future development is to explore the strategic management implications of new contexts that may arise progressively through climate change.