Romeo Turcan

Life is too short to tolerate indecisions ©2012 by Romeo V. Turcan

Romeo’s research interests lie in: Creation and legitimation of new sectors and new organizations; Late-globalization, de-globalization, de-internationalization; Bubbles, collective behavior; High impact international entrepreneurship; and Cross-disciplinary theory building

Research programme

Romeo is the founder and coordinator of an inter-disciplinary, inter-sectoral, inter-technology and international collaborative research programme, Theory Building Research Programme, www.tbrp.aau.dk.

Project portfolio

“Legitimation of Newness and Its Impact on EU Agenda for Change”, Marie S. Curie project (2020-2023, main applicant and coordinator)

“International Entrepreneurship Network for PhD and PhD Supervisor Training”, Strategic Partnership (Erasmus+) project (2019-2022, main applicant and coordinator)

"Introducing Problem Based Learning in Moldova: Toward Enhancing Students’ Competitiveness and Employability", ERASMUS+ Capacity Building national project (2015-2019, main applicant and coordinator, www.pblmd.aau.dk)

“Enhancing University Autonomy in Moldova”, ERASMUS+ Capacity Building structural project (2012-2015, main applicant and coordinator, www.euniam.aau.dk)

Awards

Emerald 2017 Award for Excellence for Highly Commended paper with Norman M. Fraser “An Ethnographic Study of New Venture and New Sector Legitimation”

Emerald 2014 Awards for Excellence for Highly Commended paper with Nikhilesh Dholakia “Bubbles: Towards a Typology”

Recent publications

Turcan, R. V., & Fraser, N. (Eds.) (2018). The Palgrave Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Entrepreneurship. Palgrave Macmillan.

Turcan, R. V., Reilly, J., & Bugaian, L. (Eds.) (2016). (Re)Discovering University Autonomy: The Global Market Paradox of Stakeholder and Educational Values in Higher Education. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Dholakia, N., & Turcan, R. V. (2014). Toward a Metatheory of Economic Bubbles: Socio-Political and Cultural Perspectives. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Business experience

Prior starting his academic career, Romeo started-up and led as CEO a branch of an international NGO. Romeo has also experience in public policy interventions in restructuring, rationalizing and modernizing business and public sectors such as power, oil, military high-tech, management consulting and higher education sectors.

Education

Romeo received his PhD and MSc from the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and the Marketing Department, respectively, both at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, and his first degree diploma of mechanical engineer from the Air Force Engineering Military Academy, Riga, Latvia.

Carsten Wehrmann "Exploring Internationalisation Effects on Firm Performance: Quantitative Empirical Study among German, Swiss and Austrian Listed Companies" (2019)

Matthias Zach "Exploring the Emergence of New Product Concepts under Uncertainty: A Case of Cross-Functional Teams in the In-Vitor Diagnostics Industry" (2020)

Laurie Prange-Martin "The Process of Creation and Legitimation of New Industries in Remote Regions: A Case of Yukon" (2020)

Demet Schaefler “A study of Authentic Leadership in Organizations: A Case of Public Hospitals in Switzerland” (2021)