Sean B O’Hagan

Biographic Data

ID10323851
NAMESean B O’Hagan
GIVEN NAMESSean B
FAMILY NAMEO’Hagan
SIGNATUREO’HAGAN S B
AFFILIATIONS,
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS22
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
H-INDEX2

  • The geography of Canadian interlocking directorates

    Sean O’hagan, Sean B O’Hagan et al.ARTICLEUrban Geography2015References: 13

    This study examines the spatiality of interlocking directorates of Canadian companies, with particular emphasis given to international interlocks. From a geographical standpoint, do these connections to foreign firms reinforce the importance of Canada's top corporate cities as 'gateways' to international business? Is there a geography associated with the interlocking to these gateway cities? Findings build on James O. Wheeler's body of research f…

  • Fast-growing firms as elements of change in Canada’s headquarters city system

    Murray D Rice, Donald Lyons et al.ARTICLEUrban Geography2014References: 6

    This research explores the factors that shape the evolving geographic distribution of business headquarters (HQ) activity. We address an understudied influence on HQ geographies: metropolitan HQ changes driven by the process of small, rapidly expanding businesses growing into mature companies. This investigation focuses on the developmental paths followed by fast-growing firms (FGFs) and the geographic distinctions that can be observed in a FGF t…

  • Corporate knowledge transfer via interlocking directorates

    Open AccessSean O’hagan, Sean B O’Hagan et al.ARTICLEGeoforum2003Cited by: 17References: 9

  • Tacit knowledge transfer via interlocking directorates

    Sean O’hagan, Sean B O’Hagan et al.ARTICLEGeografiska Annaler Series B…2002Cited by: 5

    This paper explores geography as a contributing factor to knowledge transfer among Canadian and American firms. We argue that the knowledge networks of the two countries are moving in opposite directions. Canada's network is converging into fewer cities while the American network encompasses a greater number of cities. When the knowledge networks of Canada and the United States are explored, national and local boundaries are found to impede the m…