I specialise in entrepreneurship, focusing on women’s entrepreneurship, high-tech incubation, and family business. With 20+ years of global research experience, I’ve published extensively and am ranked in the top 2% of scientists worldwide for research impact. My work explores diverse perspectives to deepen understanding of entrepreneurial ecosystems.
TESTIMONIALS
“Professor McAdam is a world class scholar on women’s entrepreneurship. She has pioneered entrepreneurship research projects in a variety of countries and cultures (e.g., Saudi Arabia, China, Ireland and UK)”.
Prof William Gartner Babson College, USA
“Professor Maura McAdam is one of the brightest lights today in Entrepreneurship. This is true not only in her native Ireland but globally as well. Maura has provided invaluable and ongoing contributions to her field and is widely regarded as a thought leader and expert in women’s entrepreneurship".
Prof Susan Coleman University Hartford USA
Kidney, E., McAdam, M. and Cooney, T.M., (2025). Everyday prejudices: an intersectional exploration of the experiences of lesbian and gay entrepreneurs. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 31(1), pp.155-178.
Harrison, R.T., Leitch, C.M. and McAdam, M., (2024). Margins of intervention? Gender, Bourdieu and women’s regional entrepreneurial networks. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 36(3-4), pp.209-242.
Downey, H., McAdam, M. and Crowley, C., (2024). Authenticity and craft entrepreneurship: the interplay of passion and place. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, pp.1-19.
Hashim, S., McAdam, M. and Nordqvist, M., (2024). An exploration of women entrepreneurs “doing context” in family business in the Gulf States. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship.
Brophy, M., McAdam, M. and Clinton, E., (2023). Vying for and forgoing visibility: female next gen leaders in family business with male successors. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 15(4), pp.364-387.
Kelly, G. and McAdam, M., (2023). Women entrepreneurs negotiating identities in liminal digital spaces. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 47(5), pp.1942-1970.
McAdam, M., Clinton, E., Hamilton, E. and Gartner, W.B., (2023). Learning in a family business through intermarriage: a rhetorical history perspective. Family Business Review, 36(1), pp.63-83.
Vershinina, N., Phillips, N. and McAdam, M., (2022). Online communities and entrepreneuring mothers: practices of building, being and belonging. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, pp.1-23.
Kelly, G. and McAdam, M., (2022). Scaffolding liminality: The lived experience of women entrepreneurs in digital spaces. Technovation, 118, p.102537.
My complete list of publications can be found here