Professor Thomas Lawton
Professor of Strategic Management
Eastern Gateway 110a
- Email: thomas.lawton@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265826
Summary
Thomas C. Lawton is an award-winning strategic management author, educator, and advisor. He is Professor of Strategic Management (part-time) at Brunel Business School, and he also holds professorial appointments at University College Cork in Ireland and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in the USA. He is an Associate at the Møller Institute, Churchill College, University of Cambridge. Professor Lawton serves as Editor-in-Chief of Long Range Planning, a leading, AJG 4 ranked, international journal in the field of strategic management.
Qualifications
Thomas has a PhD in Political Science from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, an MSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics in the U.K., and a BA (Hons) from University College Cork in Ireland. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management and Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). He has served as a company director and has 30 years experience as a consultant and advisor on leadership development, strategic growth, and corporate internationalization.
Responsibility
Professor of Strategic Management (fractional)
Newest selected publications
Lawton, TC., Angwin, DN., Dattée, B., Arrègle, J-L. and Barbieri, P. (2024) 'Autonomy as a Strategic Dial: A Dynamic Framework for Managing Acquired Subsidiaries'. California Management Review, 66 (3). pp. 47 - 68. ISSN: 0008-1256 Open Access Link
Moura, S., Falaster, CD. and Lawton, TC. (2024) 'Knowledge exploration in cross-border acquisitions: how does absorptive capacity matter?'. Multinational Business Review, 32 (2). pp. 241 - 264. ISSN: 1525-383X Open Access Link
Shirodkar, V., Liedong, TA., Rajwani, T. and Lawton, TC. (2024) 'MNE nonmarket strategy in a changing world: Complexities, varieties, and a values-based approach'. International Business Review, 33 (2). pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 0969-5931 Open Access Link
Lawton, TC., De Villa, MA. and Santamaria-Alvarez, SM. (2023) 'Making Sense of Socio-Political Risks in International Business: A Configurational Approach to Embracing Complexity'. Journal of International Management, 30 (2). pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 1075-4253 Open Access Link
Hartwell, CA., Lawton, TC. and Tingbani, I. (2023) 'Obstacles to collective action during a crisis: A meta-organizational perspective'. European Management Review, 21 (2). pp. 296 - 314. ISSN: 1740-4754 Open Access Link