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Timothy Galpin

Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Innovation

Saïd Business School
University of Oxford
Park End Street
Oxford
OX1 1HP

Profile

Tim's areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, strategy formulation and execution, organisational transformation, and culture change.

Tim brings over three-decades of practical knowledge and experience, combined with proven approaches and pragmatic tools to his teaching and consulting with organisations in various industries around the world. He helps them successfully plan, implement and accelerate the complex cross-disciplinary efforts of strategy formulation and execution, mergers and acquisitions, organisational transformation, and culture change.

Tim has authored six management books, two of which have achieved best seller status and have been published in six languages. His most recent books are: 

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Research

Tim's applied research focuses on practical application.

Tim's applied research focuses on gaining a better understanding of the practical requirements to successfully execute the cross-disciplinary endeavours of mergers and acquisitions, strategy formulation and execution, organisational transformation, and culture change.

In addition to his management books, Tim has authored numerous articles for both academic and practitioner publications, including: Mergers & Acquisitions, Journal of Business Strategy, The Handbook of Business Strategy, World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, and Corporate Governance. As a recognised expert on mergers and acquisitions, strategy formulation and execution, organisational transformation, and culture change, Tim is often asked by the business media to provide insights on these topics. He has been featured on CNBC, Reuters Television, National Public Radio, and he has been quoted in various publications throughout the world including the Financial Times, Bloomberg, NY Times, and Wired.

Tim Galpin holds a PhD in Organisation Development from UCLA. He is a recipient of the first annual University of Dallas Haggerty Teaching Excellence Award, and a former Instructor at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).

Publications

Incorporating ESG across the M&A process

  • Journal article
  • Strategy and Leadership
  • Timothy Galpin,
  • Maja de Vibe
Strategy

The strategist’s view needs to extend beyond planning to execution

  • Journal article
  • Strategy and Leadership
  • Timothy Galpin
Strategy

Rethinking the M&A process: Learning private equity’s secret to outperforming corporate strategic acquirers

  • Journal article
  • Strategy and Leadership
  • John Gilligan,
  • Timothy Galpin
Strategy

As another M&A wave begins: three keys to success

  • Journal article
  • Strategy and Leadership
  • Timothy Galpin
Strategy

Nudging innovation across the firm: aligning culture with strategy

  • Journal article
  • Journal of Business Strategy
  • Timothy Galpin
Strategy
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Engagement

Tim engages widely with business and industry.

Throughout his career Tim has provided advisory services to numerous firms around the world, across multiple industries, helping them successfully plan, implement and accelerate the complex cross-disciplinary efforts of strategy formulation and execution, M&A due diligence and post-deal integration, organisational transformation, and culture change. Since joining academia in 2005, Tim has continued an active consulting practice.

Teaching

Tim was the recipient of the first annual University of Dallas Haggerty Teaching Excellence Award.

Tim brings a depth of experience and insight to his teaching across MBA, Executive MBA, and executive courses. Tim’s teaching bridges the gap between theory and practice, providing participants with proven approaches and pragmatic tools to successfully plan, implement and accelerate the complex cross-disciplinary efforts of strategy formulation and execution, mergers and acquisitions, organisational transformation, and culture change.

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