P.J. (Patia Jean) Mc Grath

Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Associate Member ERIM

Field: Strategy & Entrepreneurship

Affiliated since 2023

Patia McGrath is an Assistant Professor in the Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship Department at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of strategy execution, innovation commercialization, and corporate renewal. One of Patia’s current projects examines the role of intermediaries in technology markets. In another, she takes a fresh look at strategies for intellectual property monetization by entrepreneurs. Patia’s research has been published in numerous prominent outlets, including Journal of Management, Organization Science, Research Policy, and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

Patia’s teaching portfolio includes courses in strategy, corporate development, entrepreneurship, and management of organizational growth and change. An award-winning teacher, she currently teaches in the core of RSM’s Strategic Management MSc program. Patia joined academia from industry, where she most recently worked for GE as Global Director–Innovation and Strategic Connections. Patia received her PhD in Strategy from Wharton and holds an MBA from Harvard, an MS in Aeronautics and an Engineer's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia.

Publications

Article (11)

Academic (11)
- O'Neill, H., & McGrath, P. (2025). Playing your cards wisely: Strategy implementation through the three processes of pivoting. Organizational Dynamics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2025.101159, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2025.101159
- McGrath, P. (2024). Human resource management practices in corporate restructuring: a review and agenda for future research. Personnel Review. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-02-2024-0159
- McGrath, P., & Nerkar, A. (2024). Capabilities in Conflict? The Fallacy of Sameness between Divestitures and Acquisitions and Its Ramifications for Firm Capability Development and Deployment. Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, 101-122. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-361X20240000023007
- McGrath, P., & Nerkar, A. (2023). Private Equity: Antecedents, Outcomes, Mediators, and Moderators. Journal of Management, 49(1), 158-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063221127907
- McGrath, P., & O'Neill, H. (2023). Acquisitions of divested business units: A typology and strategies for success. Business Horizons, 66(5), 691-706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2023.02.008
- McGrath, P., Chen, T., & Nerkar, A. (2022). Pipes, Prisms and Patent Sales: How Personal Wealth Expands and Contracts the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 16(2), 355-380. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1430
- Chen, T., McGrath, P., & Nerkar, A. (2021). “Cleaning the Closet”: Examining Firm Patent Sales Through the Lens of Absorptive Capacity. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2021.3074870
- Feldman, E., & McGrath, P. (2016). Divestitures. Journal of Organization Design. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41469-016-0002-x
- McGrath, P., & Singh, H. (2016). Resource reconfiguration and transactions across firm boundaries: The roles of firm capabilities and market factors. Advances in Strategic Management, 35. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-332220160000035013
- Kapoor, R., & McGrath, P. (2014). Unmasking the interplay between technology evolution and R&D collaboration: Evidence from the global semiconductor manufacturing industry, 1990–2010. Research Policy, 43(3), 555-569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2013.08.002
- Rosenkopf, L., & McGrath, P. (2011). Advancing the conceptualization and operationalization of novelty in organizational research. Organization Science, 22(5), 1297-1311. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1100.0637

Chapter (2)

Academic (2)
- McGrath, P. (2025). The roles and ramifications of divestiture in organizational turnaround: taking stock and moving forward. In Research Handbook on Turnaround Strategies Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035315901.00014
- Singh, H., & McGrath, P. (2018). Post-Acquisition Management. In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management (pp. 1306-1311)

Address

Visiting address

Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

Article

O'Neill, H., & McGrath, P. (2025). Playing your cards wisely: Strategy implementation through the three processes of pivoting. Organizational Dynamics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2025.101159, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2025.101159