Qualifications: Ph.D
Duncan is a Professor of Strategic Management at University College London (UCL), which is ranked number 8 amongst all Universities in the world. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham where he was previously Dean of the Business School. He has significant practitioner and academic experience in the area of Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions as a Cambridge University graduate and senior investment banker. He has authored over 50 refereed journal articles and 8 books, 2 on M&A and 6 on Strategic Management. Further information can be obtained at
He, Q., Meadows, M., Angwin, D. N., Gomes, E., Child, J. (2020) Strategic Alliance Research in the era of digital transformation: perspectives on future research, British Journal of Management,pp. 1-29.(ABS 4*)
Thanos, I., Papadakis, V., Angwin, D. N.(2020) Doeschanging contexts affect linkages throughout the Mergers and Acquisition(“M&A”) process?: A multi-phasic investigation of Motives, Pre and Post acquisition processes and Performance,Journal of Strategic Change, in press. (ABS 2*)
Angwin, D. N.,Cummings, S., Daellenbach, U. (2019) “How the multimedia communication of strategy can enable more effective recall and learning,” Academy of Management Learning & Education (AMLE), December.(ABS 4*)
Angwin, D.N., Mellahi, K. Gomes, E., Peters, E. (2016) How communication approaches impact mergers and acquisitions outcomes, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 27 (19-20): 2370-2397. (ABS)
Angwin, D. N.,Paroutis, S. and Connell, R. (2015) Why Good Things Don’t Happen: The Micro-foundations of Routines in the M&A Process, Journal of Business Research, 68 (6):1367 –1381. (ABS 3*).
Angwin, D. N.and Urs, U. (2014) The effect of routine aggregations in post merger integration performance: whether to ‘combine’ or ‘superimpose’ for synergy gains? Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions,JAI Press, 13. 153-179. (The leading journal in the M&A field).
Thanos, I., Angwin, D. N., Bauer, F., Teerikangas, S. (2019) Reshaping M&A scholarship e Broadening the boundaries of M&A, European Management Journal(ABS 2*).
The Academy of Management conference proceedings
Philadelphia, USA
Best Paper Award for Practice Angwin, D. N.,Meadows, M., Yakis-Douglas, Y. (2014) Voluntary disclosures as a form of impression management to reduce evaluative uncertainty during M&A.Selected out of approximately 20,000 submissions.
Strategic Management Society conference
Madrid, Spain
Best Conference Practice Paper Award
Angwin, D. N., Yakis-Douglas, B., Meadows, M. (2014) “The communication advantage: Investigating impacts of interim news events”
Academy of Management Conference Atlanta, US
Best Practice ‘Pushing Boundaries’ Paper Award
Thomas, M., Angwin, D.N., Dale, K. (2017) The Effects of Spatial Configuration on opportunities for Emergent Strategy Making
EURAM Conference
Reykjavik, Iceland
Won Best Paper Prize
Mirc, N., Sele, K., Rouzies, A., Angwin, D. N,(2018)“That’s Great on Paper... but not in Practice! –A Routine Dynamics Perspective on Understanding Obstacles to M&A Integration
